HSK 1 · Greetings

请

qǐng

please; to invite

Stroke order of 请

请 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Fresh green "青" polite words "讠": please.

Parts: 讠 speech + 青 blue-green (sound element)

Example sentence

请喝茶。

Please have some tea.

Words with 请

请进please come in 请坐please sit down 请问excuse me, may I ask 请假to ask for leave 请客to treat; to invite 请求to request; request 请教to ask for advice

More words: Greetings

好good; well 再见goodbye 谢谢thank you 不客气you're welcome 对不起sorry 没关系it doesn't matter; no problem 没什么it's nothing; never mind 没事儿it's OK; never mind 请进please come in 请坐please sit down 请问excuse me, may I ask 早early 叫to be called; to call 名字name 认识to know (someone); to recognize 介绍to introduce

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