請
qǐng HSK1

please

请 (請) qǐng
please verb
a polite particle used to initiate a request, offer, or command

请进，请坐。

qǐng jìn, qǐng zuò.

Please come in and take a seat.

request verb
to ask someone to do something or to petition for something (like leave or help)

我想请你帮我一个忙。

wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ yī​gè máng.

I'd like to ask you for a favor.

invite verb
to ask someone to attend a social event or to visit a place

他请我参加他的生日派对。

tā qǐng wǒ cān​jiā tā de shēng​rì pài​duì.

He invited me to his birthday party.

treat verb
to pay for someone else's meal, drink, or entertainment

如果你能帮我这个忙，今天晚饭我请你。

rú​guǒ nǐ néng bāng wǒ zhè​ge máng, jīn​tiān wǎn​fàn wǒ qǐng nǐ.

If you can do me this favor, dinner tonight is on me.

Frequency
Character
Written text
421st most common 518.0 per million
Movie subtitles
208th most common 845.2 per million appears in 94% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
912.1 per million appears in 90% of films
Written text
359.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
请
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+8ACB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)