Example sentences
qǐng请zuò坐。
Please sit.
qǐng请wèn问zěn怎me么zǒu走？
Excuse me, how do I get there?
The story behind the character
请
言 (speech) plus 青 (sound). Xu Shen wrote 请, 谒也: "to request." Asking through words, that's 请.
qǐng请
please, to invite
please, to invite
qǐng请zuò坐。
Please sit.
qǐng请wèn问zěn怎me么zǒu走？
Excuse me, how do I get there?
言 (speech) plus 青 (sound). Xu Shen wrote 请, 谒也: "to request." Asking through words, that's 请.