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请 — to ask; to invite; please

to ask; to invite; please; to treat; to request

Pinyin
qǐng
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 请: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

请 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 请 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please; to treat; to requestHSK 1
  2. 请问qǐngwènExcuse me, may I ask...?HSK 1
  3. 请假qǐngjiàto request leave of absenceHSK 3
  4. 请客qǐngkèto give a dinner party; to entertain guestsHSK 3
  5. 申请shēnqǐngto apply for sth; application formHSK 4
  6. 邀请yāoqǐngto invite; invitationHSK 4
  7. 聘请pìnqǐngto engage; to hireHSK 5
  8. 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for guidance; to consultHSK 5
  9. 请求qǐngqiúto request; to ask; requestHSK 5
  10. 敬请jìngqǐngpleaseHSK 7–9
  11. 请柬qǐngjiǎninvitation card; written invitationHSK 7–9
  12. 请示qǐngshìto ask for instructionsHSK 7–9
  13. 请帖qǐngtiěinvitation card; written invitationHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.