請

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 15
Simplified Form: 请

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qǐng, qìng, qíng
Cantonese: ceng2 cing2
JapaneseKun: KOU UKERU KOI
JapaneseOn: SEI SHOU SHIN
Korean: CHENG
Vietnamese: thỉnh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ask, request; invite; please

CE-Dict: to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request

Soothill: Request, ask, invite; please; engage; acknowledge, announce.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to request
2.to invite someone to do something
3.to engage the service of a professional (e.g. a doctor)
4.to treat to a meal, etc.
5.(polite speech) Will you please?

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: engage; invite; please; pray; prithee; request

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: engage; invite; please; pray; prithee

湘雅醫學專業詞典: pls.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》請謁也。从言青聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】請
【唐韻】七井切【集韻】【韻會】此靜切【正韻】七靜切，𠀤淸上聲。【說文】謁也。【廣雅】求也。【玉篇】乞也，問也。【增韻】祈也，扣也。【書·湯誥】以與爾有衆請命。【左傳·僖十年】余得請於帝矣。【禮·曲禮】請業則起，請益則起。又【王制】墓地不請。【儀禮·士昏禮】𢷤者出，請事入告。【前漢·張湯傳】造請諸公，不避寒暑。【師古註】請，謁問也。　又【爾雅·釋詁】告也。【禮·昏義】納徵請期。【註】請昏姻之期日也。　又【韻會】漢請室，請罪之室也。【前漢·賈誼傳】造請室而請罪耳。　又【集韻】親盈切【正韻】七情切，𠀤音淸。亦謁也，祈也。又受也。　又【類篇】《前漢·賈誼傳》請室，亦讀平聲。　又【廣韻】疾政切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】疾正切，𠀤情去聲。【說文】義同。又【廣韻】延請。　又【正韻】漢制，春曰朝，秋曰請，如古諸侯聘禮也。【史記·吳王濞傳】使人爲秋請。【前漢·宣帝紀】時會朝請。　又【韻會】朝請，漢官名。張禹首爲之。【唐書·百官志】從五品上曰朝請大夫，正七品上曰朝請郞。　又【廣韻】疾盈切【集韻】慈盈切，𠀤音情。【類篇】受言也。　又【韻會】禮昏義請期，徐音情。【周禮·秋官·條狼氏註】大夫受命以出，餘事莫不復請。劉音情。　又【轉注古音】《史記》《禮書》請文俱盡。【註】徐廣云：古情字多假借作請，諸子中多有之。【荀子·成相篇】聽之經，明其請。【註】請當爲情。聽獄之經，在明其情。

Buddhism words and phrases ask

CF-Dict: prier/solliciter/inviter/s'il vous plaît/je vous en prie

Han-De-Dict: Bitte ! (u.E.) (Int)/bitten, einladen (u.E.) (V)