请客
qǐng kè 3–4
to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
- Characters
- 2
- 请 · 客
- Syllables
- 2
- qǐng kè
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 9,854
Part of speech: v
Character by character
- 请qǐng10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 請ask, request; invite; please
- 客kè9 strokesHSK 1guest, traveller; customer
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 请客. 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
- 客户kè hùHSK 5
client; customer
- 申请shēn qǐngHSK 4
to apply for sth; application form
- 邀请yāo qǐngHSK 5
to invite; invitation
- 顾客gù kèHSK 2
customer; client
- 客人kè rénHSK 2
visitor; guest; customer; client
- 请求qǐng qiúHSK 2
to request; to ask; request
- 乘客chéng kèHSK 5
passenger
- 请问qǐng wènHSK 1
Excuse me, may I ask...?
- 游客yóu kèHSK 2
traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player
- 客气kè qiHSK 5
polite; courteous; formal; modest
- 客观kè guānHSK 3
objective; impartial
- 客厅kè tīngHSK 5
drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room
- 旅客lǚ kèHSK 2
traveler; tourist
- 博客bó kèHSK 5
blog (loanword); weblog; blogger
- 黑客hēi kèHSK 7
hacker (computing) (loanword)
- 聘请pìn qǐngHSK 6
to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)
- 客房kè fángHSK 7
guest room; room (in a hotel)
- 请假qǐng jiàHSK 1
to request leave of absence
- 敬请jìng qǐngHSK 7
please (do sth) (deferential form)
- 请教qǐng jiàoHSK 3
to ask for guidance; to consult
- 做客zuò kèHSK 3
to be a guest or visitor
- 客机kè jīHSK 7
passenger plane
- 客车kè chēHSK 6
coach; bus; passenger train