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敬请

jìngqǐng

respectfully request; please (formal)

A person in a red vest gestures politely toward empty seats
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Characters in this word

敬 jìng

Strokes
12
Radical
攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of
苟 careless, frivolous, illicit 攵 to rap, to tap
More about the character 敬

请 qǐng

Strokes
10
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 青 blue, green
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 敬请各位代表在会议开始前完成签到,以免影响议程。 Jìngqǐng gèwèi dàibiǎo zài huìyì kāishǐ qián wánchéng qiāndào, yǐmiǎn yǐngxiǎng yìchéng. Representatives are respectfully requested to complete registration before the meeting begins, so as not to affect the agenda.
  • 敬请大家保持安静,演出马上开始。 Jìngqǐng dàjiā bǎochí ānjìng, yǎnchū mǎshàng kāishǐ. Please keep quiet, everyone; the performance is about to begin.
  • 敬请留意车站的最新通知。 Jìngqǐng liúyì chēzhàn de zuìxīn tōngzhī. Please pay attention to the latest announcements at the station.

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