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
请帖
qǐngtiě
invitation card; invitation
Characters in this word
帖 tiě
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 亲戚收到请帖后才知道婚礼改在海边举行。 Qīnqi shōudào qǐngtiě hòu cái zhīdào hūnlǐ gǎi zài hǎibiān jǔxíng. Only after receiving the invitation did the relatives learn that the wedding had been moved to the seaside.
- 他亲手设计了请帖，把婚礼的日期和地点写在里面。 Tā qīnshǒu shèjì le qǐngtiě, bǎ hūnlǐ de rìqī hé dìdiǎn xiě zài lǐmiàn. He designed the invitation himself and wrote the date and venue of the wedding inside.
- 请帖已经发出去了，就等着客人回复。 Qǐngtiě yǐjīng fā chūqù le, jiù děngzhe kèrén huífù. The invitations have already been sent out, and now we are just waiting for the guests to reply.
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…
- 请坐 qǐngzuò please sit down
- 请客 qǐngkè to treat someone to a meal
- 请求 qǐngqiú to request; request
- 请教 qǐngjiào to ask for advice
- 申请 shēnqǐng to apply for
- 邀请 yāoqǐng to invite
- 敬请 jìngqǐng respectfully request; please (formal)
- 请柬 qǐngjiǎn invitation card