请假/請假 qǐngjià — to ask for leave, to take time off

Meanings

1. 1

   to ask for leave, to take time off

   To ask permission to be away — 请 to request, 假 leave. It is a separable verb: the two halves come apart to take a length of time, 请两天假, 请了三个小时的假.

   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

Example sentences

• 我生病了，今天想请假。/我生病了，今天想請假。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) shēngbìng (first tone, high and level) le, (neutral tone) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐngjià. (third tone, dipping)···

  I am ill — I would like to take today off.

• 他昨天没有来上班，因为请假了。/他昨天沒有來上班，因為請假了。Tā (first tone, high and level) zuótiān (second tone, rising) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) lái (second tone, rising) shàngbān, (fourth tone, falling) yīnwèi (first tone, high and level) qǐngjià (third tone, dipping) le. (neutral tone)···

  He didn’t come in to work yesterday because he had taken leave.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我想请假老师。

  Correct我想跟老师请假。

  请假 already contains its object, 假, so the person you ask cannot follow it. They go in front, with 跟 or 向: 跟老师请假, 向经理请假.

Similar words

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
• 请求/請求qǐng (third tone, dipping) qiú (second tone, rising)request
• 请问/請問qǐng (third tone, dipping) wèn (fourth tone, falling)Excuse me, may I ask...?
• 聘请/聘請pìn (fourth tone, falling) qǐng (third tone, dipping)to engage
• 请客/請客qǐng (third tone, dipping) kè (fourth tone, falling)to give a dinner party
• 敬请/敬請jìng (fourth tone, falling) qǐng (third tone, dipping)please (do sth) (deferential form)
• 请教/請教qǐng (third tone, dipping) jiào (fourth tone, falling)to ask for guidance
• 请示/請示qǐng (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling)to ask for instructions
• 请进/請進qǐng (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)"please come in"
• 请柬/請柬qǐng (third tone, dipping) jiǎn (third tone, dipping)invitation card
• 请帖/請帖qǐng (third tone, dipping) tiě (third tone, dipping)invitation card
• 请坐/請坐qǐng (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling)please, have a seat