参见：请求[qǐngqiú]

• 请他开个书目。

  Ask him to write out a book list.

邀请to invite

• 请医生

  send for a doctor

• 请吃饭

  invite someone to dinner

• 请人帮忙

  engage someone to help

• 请人作报告

  ask someone to make a report

聘请to hire

款待to entertain

• 请吃糖

  offer someone a sweet

买<敬>to buy

• 请香烛

  buy incense

• 请尊佛像

  buy a Buddha statue