| 請 | 851C20 60A.42-1 | 部居  | 畫數 15 | ㄑㄧㄥˇ [qing3] | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) Used like Eng. “please”＋vb. to express polite request: 請進 please come in; 請坐 please sit down; 請入席 please be seated at table; 請，請“please, please” (offering a drink); 請歇一會 please stop a moment for rest; 請告訴我 please tell me; 請問 may I ask; 請教please to advise me. (2) To request: 請求 [qing3qiu2], 請託 [qing3tuo1]↓; 申請 to make an application, request for permission; 請見，請謁 request for an interview; 敬請指教 humbly request your advice; 敬請光臨 request your company (at a reception, etc.); 懇請 earnestly beg; used as n. 不情之請 (court.) my bold request; 不允所請 request has been turned down; 請君入甕 (allu.) a hated judge known for torturing prisoners was to be tried himself, without knowing it. On being asked by another judge the best way of extracting confession, he suggested putting prisoner in jar heated by hot coals. When jar was ready, he was told, “Now, please step into the jar.” (3) To invite: 邀請，約請 invite s.o.; 請客 [qing3ke4]↓; 請茶 invite to tea; 是請來的come by invitation; 聘請 to invite to post; 聘請教授，專家，家庭教師 appoint professor, specialist, home tutor; 請醫生，請大夫 ask a doctor; 敦請 (court.) invite; 請不到 was not able to secure services or company at dinner; 請不起 cannot afford to give a dinner. (4) In religious ceremony, to call upon the spirit to descend: 請財神 call upon the god of wealth; 把神主請出來 ceremoniously take ancestral tablet out for worship; 請香蠟 call for bringing the incense-sticks and candles; 請雨 to pray for rain. | |||||
| Words | 1. 請安 [qing3an1], v.i., (1) to inquire after s.o.'s health, or to wish the best of health; (2) (in north China) to make a curtsy by bending one knee and lowering body (also called 打千). 2. 請便 [qing3bian4], v.i., please make yourself at home, do as you please. 3. 請求 [qing3qiu2], v.i. & t., to beg, request (another for help), also to demand (freeing of prisoners, etc.); 請求權 right of demanding. 4. 請期 [qin3qi2], v.i., agreement between bride's and groom's families on date of wedding. 5. 請柬 [qing2jian3], n., invitation card. 6. 請假 [qing3jia4], v.i., ask for leave. 7. 請見 [qing3jian4], v.i., request an interview. 8. 請教 [qing3jiao4], v.i. & t., to ask for advice, ask s.o.'s opinion. 9. 請客 [qing3ke4], v.i., to give a dinner. 10. 請兒 [qing3er0], n., (coll.) dinner, party given by s.o.: 吃飯聽戲都是我的請兒 the dinner and theater party will all be on me. 11. 請命 [qing3ming4], v.i., (1) to ask for instructions; (2) to beg for s.o.'s life. 12. 請脈 [qing3mo4], v.i., (court.) to ask a doctor (to examine pulse). 13. 請閒 [qing3xian2], v.i., (AC) ask s.o. for an interview at his convenience. 14. 請示 [qing3shi4], v.i., beg for instructions. 15. 請訓 [qing3xUn4], v.i., (in Manchu Dyn.) to ask the emperor for instructions before departing on duty. 16. 請帖 [qing2tie3], n., invitation card. 17. 請託 [qing3tuo1], v.t., to request another's help: 請託人做一件事 ask s.o. to do s.t. 18. 請罪 [qing3zui4], v.i., (1) to confess guilt and ask for punishment; (2) to ask for lenient consideration. 19. 請問 [qing3wen4], v.i., may I ask (where did you hear this? etc.). 20. 請業 [qing3ye4]1, v.i., to ask questions concerning lessons. 21. 請謁 [qing3ye4]2, v.i., (1) to ask for interview; more oft. (2) to ask s.o. to use his influence. 22. 請益 [qing3yi4], v.i., (LL) to ask for more instruction from teacher. 23. 請纓 [qing3ying1], v.i., (LL) to volunteer for the army. 24. 請願 [qing3yUan4], (1) v.i., to demand (usu. at popular demonstration): 市民請願 the people of the city presented a petition; (2) n., a demand or petition. | |||||