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cing2 ceng2
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[1] request; ask; apply [2] invite; hire; engage [3] [interjection] please cing2 (literary), ceng2 (colloquial)
Stroke count: 15
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 清情講 |
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This word has been viewed 24006 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44 |
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請假
ceng2 gaa3 = to apply for leave; to ask for time off
請問
ceng2 man6 = excuse me, may I ask...?
各位請起立!
gok3 wai6*2 cing2 hei2 laap6 = Everybody please stand up!
申請
san1 cing2 = apply; application
聘請
ping3 cing2 = to appoint; to hire; vacancy
申請表
san1 cing2 biu2 = application form
邀請
jiu1 cing2 = to invite
宴請
jin3 cing2 = to invite sb. to dinner
請客
ceng2 haak3 = to entertain guests (usu. by hosting a dinner)
請教
cing2 gaau3 = ask for adviceSee all 49 compounds (CantoDict reports 46 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum) |
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Showing all 27 examples containing 請
請問，郵局喺邊度？
May I ask you where the post office is? [Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]
請問喺伊到可以搭咩車去科大？ 粵
Excuse me, do you know what public transport can take me to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (from here)?
請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you! [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,132183 It's supposed to be a MTR announcement, but the wordings are not exactly the same.]
請你幫我買幾份報紙，南華、星島、明報各一份。
Please buy some newspapers for me, South China (Morning Post), Sing Tao (Daily) and Ming Pao (Daily), one each. |
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Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/868/]請[/url][/big]
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Decimal representation of this word: 請
Unicode code for this character: U+8acb (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/868/]請[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/868/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">請</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 請
Unicode code for this character: U+8acb (off-site link)
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- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
- a detailed description of all the meanings
- the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
- a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
- a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)
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