Chinese Notes

请 (請) qǐng

qǐng verb to ask; to inquire
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 询问 (Guoyu '請' v 5; Kroll 2015 '請' 1a, p. 371; Unihan '請')
qíng noun circumstances; state of affairs; situation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 状况 (Guoyu '請' qíng n)
qǐng verb to beg; to entreat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 恳求 or 乞求 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 1)
qǐng verb please
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In modern Chinese, 请 is used to make a polite request in an imperative sentense (Sun 2006, loc. 1445). 请 is not used as frequently or casually as the word please in English. 请 may be used in Literary Chinese in a similar sense to this sense in modern Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 138). For example, 王請度之！'I beg your Majesty to measure it.' (Mengzi: 1.7/5/12, translation by Legge)
qǐng verb to request
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '請' v 4; Kroll 2015 '請' 1, p. 371; Sun 2006, loc. 1939)
qǐng verb to hire; to employ; to engage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 延聘 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 2)
qǐng verb to make an appointment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 邀约 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 3)
qǐng verb to greet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 问候 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 6; Kroll 2015 '請' 3, p. 371)
qǐng verb to invite
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '請' v 4; Kroll 2015 '請' 1a, p. 371)

Contained in

请神容易送神难(請神容易送神難) it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away
请援(請援) to request help; to appeal (for assistance)
吁请(籲請) to implore; to entreat
申请表(申請表) application form
请假(請假) to ask for time off
箚请(箚請) to request
聘请(聘請) to engage; to employ
讥请(譏請) to ridicule
高薪聘请(高薪聘請) to hire at a high salary
请别见怪(請別見怪) please don't be upset; no hard feelings; absit iniuria verbis; let injury by words be absent
祈请(祈請) to request
呈请(呈請) to apply for [a position]; to submit [to superiors]
请客(請客) to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
另请高明(另請高明) please find somebody better qualified than me
声请(聲請) to make a formal request; formal request; to make a claim (law)
申请书(申請書) application; application form; petition (to higher authorities)
请假条(請假條) leave of absence request (from work or school)
请便(請便) Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home.
请领(請領) to apply for
请服(請服) to be willing to submit to
请您回复(請您回復) repondez s'il vous plait; R.S.V.P.; please reply
请辞(請辭) to ask somebody to resign from a post
不情之请(不情之請) my presumptuous request (humble expr.); if I may be so bold to ask a favor
请客侍者(請客侍者) abbot's attendant
请益(請益) to request greater explanation ; to request more [of something]
请求宽恕(請求寬恕) to sue for mercy; to ask for forgiveness; begging for magnanimity
请帖(請帖) invitation card
三催四请(三催四請) to coax and plead
宴请(宴請) to entertain
邀请函(邀請函) invitation letter
报请(報請) to report, requesting approval; a written request for instructions
负荆请罪(負荊請罪) to bring a bramble and ask for punishment; to offer sb a humble apology
陈请(陳請) to petition ; to ask to be disciplined
请求(請求) to request; to beg; to pray ; to require of somebody
申请(申請) to apply for ; application
不请自来(不請自來) to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
招请(招請) to recruit; to take on (an employee)
延请(延請) to employ; to send for somebody promising employment
请将不如激将(請將不如激將) to dispatch a general is not as effective as to excite a general
邀请赛(邀請賽) invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
请愿书(請願書) petition
提请(提請) to propose
请进(請進) please come in
请问(請問) may I ask
回请(回請) to return an invitation
请和(請和) a proposal for peace; a request for friendly relations
吃请(吃請) to be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe)
约请(約請) to invite; to issue an invitation
请职(請職) to assign roles and duties
陈请权(陳請權) to state one's point of view ; the right to petition

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昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 130
襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 108
卷七十四　志第二十五: 　祭祀三 Volume 74 Treatises 27: Offerings 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 75
卷二百十八列傳第一百〇六申時行王錫爵沈一貫方從哲沈㴶 Volume 218 Biographies 106: Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Shen Yiguan, Fang Congzhe, Shen Que History of Ming 明史 — count: 73
卷二十二　本紀第二十二: 武宗一 Volume 22 Annals 22: Wuzong 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 69
哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 68
卷一百七十七列傳第六十五王翱年富王竑李秉姚夔王復林聰葉盛 Volume 177 Biographies 65: Wang Ao, Nian Fu, Wang Hong, Li Bing, Yao Kui, Wang Fu, Lin Cong, Ye Cheng History of Ming 明史 — count: 68
卷三百二十列傳第二百〇八外國一朝鮮 Volume 320 Biographies 208: Foreign States 1 - Korea History of Ming 明史 — count: 68
卷一百八十二志第一百三十五食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d History of Song 宋史 — count: 64
卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64

Collocations

父请 (父請) 於是季孫行父請命于周 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧駉 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Jiong — count: 6
请命 (請命) 其大夫為之請命乎天子之使 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧無衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Wu Yi — count: 4
固请 (固請) 固請而行 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
伯请 (伯請) 鄭伯請成于陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
请杀 (請殺) 羽父請殺桓公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
请盟 (請盟) 戎請盟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
请平 (請平) 楚鬭章請平于晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
人请 (人請) 鄭人請復祀周公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
请伐 (請伐) 仲慶父請伐齊師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
以为请 (以為請) 文伯以為請 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3