礼貌 · Please and thanks
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polite
请
qǐng
Please
Sounds roughly like cheeng — with a dip
Literal meaning
请
qǐng
please; to invite
please / invite
How to pronounce it
- 请
qǐng
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33rd · dippingq (thin “ch”) + “eeng”. Dip. Used before a verb: 请进, 请坐, 请说.
In real life
请坐,请喝茶。
Qǐng zuò, qǐng hē chá.
Please sit — please have some tea.