请求

Character by character

• 请qǐng10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 請ask, request; invite; please
• 求qiú7 strokesHSK 2seek; demand, request; beseech

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 请求. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 请qǐngHSK 1

  to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request

• 要求yāo qiúHSK 2

  to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand

• 求qiúHSK 2

  to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech

• 申请shēn qǐngHSK 4

  to apply for sth; application form

• 邀请yāo qǐngHSK 5

  to invite; invitation

• 追求zhuī qiúHSK 4

  to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo

• 需求xū qiúHSK 3

  requirement; to require; (economics) demand

• 请问qǐng wènHSK 1

  Excuse me, may I ask...?

• 寻求xún qiúHSK 5

  to seek; to look for

• 求助qiú zhùHSK 7

  to request help; to appeal (for help)

• 征求zhēng qiúHSK 4

  to solicit; to seek; to request (opinions, feedback etc); to petition

• 求婚qiú hūnHSK 7

  to propose marriage

• 聘请pìn qǐngHSK 6

  to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)

• 请客qǐng kèHSK 2

  to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner

• 请假qǐng jiàHSK 1

  to request leave of absence

• 求救qiú jiùHSK 7

  to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)

• 敬请jìng qǐngHSK 7

  please (do sth) (deferential form)

• 请教qǐng jiàoHSK 3

  to ask for guidance; to consult

• 恳求kěn qiúHSK 7

  to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty

• 力求lì qiúHSK 7

  to make every effort to; striving to do one's best

• 求职qiú zhíHSK 6

  to seek employment

• 求证qiú zhèngHSK 7

  to seek proof; to seek confirmation

• 请示qǐng shì

  to ask for instructions

• 乞求qǐ qiúHSK 7

  to beg