请
qǐngjìngqíngqīng HSK1

please

请 請 qǐng frequency
please verb
Used as a polite word to ask or encourage someone to do something.

他甚至没有请我坐下。

tā shèn​zhì méi​yǒu qǐng wǒ zuò xia.

He didn't even ask me to sit down.

to invite verb
To invite someone to an event; to treat someone to a meal or entertainment.

好吧，我请你喝一杯。

hǎo ba, wǒ qǐng nǐ hē yī bēi.

All right, I'll buy you a drink.

她没有请他们坐下来。

tā méi​yǒu qǐng tā​men zuò xià​lai.

She did not ask them to sit.

to ask verb
To make a request; to ask for a favor; to ask for permission.

我没有请她坐。

wǒ méi​yǒu qǐng tā zuò.

I didn’t ask her to sit.

请朋友或家人帮助你。

qǐng péng​you huò jiā​rén bāng​zhù nǐ.

Ask friends or family to help you.

to hire verb
To engage the services of someone, such as a doctor, teacher, or domestic worker.

我会请律师的。

wǒ huì qǐng lǜ​shī de.

I will hire a lawyer.

to obtain
(bound form) To respectfully obtain or purchase a religious item, such as a Buddhist statue or incense burner.
to pay respects
(bound form) To inquire after or pay respects to someone, such as in the word 请安 qǐng'ān
surname
A Chinese surname
请 請 jìng
meeting
(archaic) An autumn meeting of feudal lords with the emperor or with each other.
请 請 qíng
to receive
(archaic) Used same as 擎 qíng, meaning to receive, hold up, or support.
请 請 qīng
prison
(archaic) Only used in the term 请室 qǐng​shì, referring to a place where officials awaited trial

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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
Traditional
請
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+8BF7

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