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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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請 / 请 | ||
Don't confuse with: 清情講 |
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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 advice See 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. |