请 Stroke Order — How to Write 请

Stroke Order

请 is written in 10 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 讠, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

请 Radical and Character Components

Components:讠青

请 is a phono-semantic compound: 讠 (speech) carries the meaning, while 青 indicates the sound.

Radical: 讠 + 8 more strokes

请 Pronunciation and Pinyin

qǐng

Meanings of 请 in Chinese

qǐng请

To ask for something; to request; to beg.

我请求你帮助我解决这个问题。

I request that you help me solve this problem.

A polite request for someone to do something; 'please'.

请稍等一下。

Please wait a moment.

To invite, to ask someone to come (e.g., to invite guests, to send an invitation).

我明天请客，你来我家吃饭吧。

I'm treating (guests) tomorrow, come to my place for dinner.

To request an audience with, or to meet (someone of importance or status), often by making a visit.

他特意去请了业内一位资深人士商讨合作事宜

He specifically went to meet a senior industry professional to discuss cooperation matters.

Common Words and Phrases with 请

qǐng请biàn便

Do as you wish.

这里有茶水和点心，请便。

There's tea and snacks here, please help yourself.

qǐng请chī吃

to treat (someone to a meal/food); to invite someone for a meal and pay for it

我请你吃午饭吧。

Let me treat you to lunch.

qǐng请chūn春kè客

to entertain relatives and friends after the Spring Festival

今年春节过后，我们家计划请春客，邀请亲朋好友来家里一起热闹热闹。

After this year's Spring Festival, our family plans to host a spring banquet for guests, inviting relatives and friends to our home for a lively gathering.

qǐng请diào调

to request a transfer (e.g., of a job or position)

他向公司提交了请调申请，希望能去市场部工作

He submitted a transfer request to the company, hoping to work in the marketing department.

qǐng请gōng功

To ask the higher level to record someone's meritorious deeds.

项目团队在完成这项艰巨任务后，领导决定为他们请功。

After the project team successfully completed this challenging task, the leader decided to request commendations for them.

qǐng请jiǎn柬

An invitation card; a written notice used to invite someone to an event or to participate.

我们收到了婚礼请柬，上面有详细的时间和地点。

We received the wedding invitation, which included the detailed time and location.

qǐng请xiáng降

To beg to surrender.

经过长时间的对峙，红方最终决定向蓝方请降，以避免更大的损失。

After a long standoff, the red side finally decided to request surrender from the blue side to avoid greater losses.

qǐng请jiào教

To ask for advice or guidance.

我在学习编程时遇到了一些困难，想请教一下经验丰富的同事。

I encountered some difficulties while learning programming, and I'd like to ask an experienced colleague for some guidance.

qǐng请jūn君rù入wèng瓮

To hoist someone with their own petard; to catch someone in their own trap.

小明想用假虫子吓唬小红，没想到小红将计就计，来了个请君入瓮，反倒让小明自己吓了一跳

Xiao Ming wanted to scare Xiao Hong with a fake bug, but Xiao Hong turned the tables, implementing a 'qing jun ru weng' strategy, which ironically scared Xiao Ming himself.

qǐng请kè客

To treat someone (e.g., to a meal or entertainment) by paying for their expenses; to host guests.

为了感谢大家的帮助，我决定今天晚上请客吃饭。

To thank everyone for their help, I've decided to treat them to dinner tonight.

qǐng请lái来

To send for or summon (someone).

我们请来了专业的园艺师来设计后院。

We invited a professional gardener to design the backyard.

qǐng请mìng命

To plead on someone's behalf, often to save their life or alleviate their suffering; or, historically, for a subordinate to ask for instructions from a superior.

为了让那位贫困的学生能继续学业，老师们向校长请命，希望学校能提供帮助。

To ensure the impoverished student could continue their studies, the teachers interceded with the principal, hoping the school could provide assistance.

qǐng请qiú求

To ask for something formally or earnestly; to make a request or demand.

我请求你给我一些建议。

I request you to give me some advice.

qǐng请shǎng赏

To ask for a reward

他出色地完成了这项任务，现在正准备向主管请赏

He excellently completed this task, and is now preparing to request a reward from the supervisor.

qǐng请shì示

To ask for instructions or guidance from a superior; to request instructions.

由于项目遇到了技术难题，小王决定向上级请示下一步的解决方案。

Due to technical difficulties encountered in the project, Xiao Wang decided to request instructions from his superior regarding the next steps for the solution.

qǐng请tiě帖

A written invitation, often in the form of a card, for requesting attendance at an event like a wedding.