请 qǐng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 青 nature's color
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
请坐
qǐngzuò
please sit down
Characters in this word
坐 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 从 from, by, since, whence, through 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 老师，请坐。 Lǎoshī, qǐng zuò. Please sit down, teacher.
- 请坐这儿。 Qǐng zuò zhèr. Please sit here.
- 朋友，请坐。 Péngyou, qǐng zuò. Have a seat, my friend.
Related words
- 请 qǐng please; to invite, to ask
- 请假 qǐngjià to ask for leave
- 请进 qǐngjìn please come in
- 请问 qǐngwèn excuse me, may I ask…
- 坐 zuò to sit; to travel by
- 坐下 zuòxia to sit down
- 动作 dòngzuò movement, action
- 动 dòng to move
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 关 guān to close, to turn off
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on