请客/請客 qǐng kè — to give a dinner party

Meanings

1. 1

   to give a dinner party

   to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner

   verb

Character breakdown

• 请/請

  qǐng (third tone, dipping)

  please; to ask, to request; to invite; to treat someone (to a meal)

  10 strokes⿰讠青Radical 言

Words containing 请

• 请/請qǐng (third tone, dipping)please (before a verb)
• 申请/申請shēnqǐng (first tone, high and level)to apply (for something), to file a request
• 邀请/邀請yāoqǐng (first tone, high and level)to invite
• 请假/請假qǐngjià (third tone, dipping)to ask for leave, to take time off