(qǐng qiú) - to request, to ask, a request in Mandarin
qǐngqiúTraditional: 請求
Translation
to request, to ask, a request
Word origin
A compound of 请 (qǐng, to ask, to invite) and 求 (qiú, to seek, to beg), combining two near-synonyms of asking; 请 has the speech radical 言 and 求 was a pictograph of a fur garment borrowed for its sound.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 请 (qǐng, to ask) + 求 (qiú, to seek)
Stroke order
请
求
Examples
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He asked the teacher to give him another chance.
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Our request was rejected.
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She requested that everyone keep quiet.
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This is a reasonable request.
宽恕。
He requested leniency from the judge.
请求 (qǐng qiú) means to request or to ask earnestly, and as a noun it means a request. It is more formal and polite than a plain demand.
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