How to say "please" in Chinese
请
qǐngpleasePart of speech: Adverbs
"please" in Chinese is 请 — pronounced qǐng.
In a sentence
- 请问,你叫什么名字?Qǐngwèn, nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?Excuse me, what's your name?
Sentence patterns that use it
- 请给我一杯___。Please give me a cup of ___.
- 请问,___在哪里?Excuse me, where is ___?
- 喂,请问___在吗?Hello, is ___ there?
- 请慢一点。slower please
- 请帮帮我!please help me!
Words that share a character
Hear the tones, then say it back
Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 请 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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