请 (請) qǐng

  1. qǐng verb to ask; to inquire
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 询问 (Guoyu '請' v 5; Kroll 2015 '請' 1a, p. 371; Unihan '請')
  2. qíng noun circumstances; state of affairs; situation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 状况 (Guoyu '請' qíng n)
  3. qǐng verb to beg; to entreat
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 恳求 or 乞求 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 1)
  4. qǐng verb please
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In modern Chinese, 请 is used to make a polite request in an imperative sentense (Sun 2006, loc. 1445). 请 is not used as frequently or casually as the word please in English. 请 may be used in Literary Chinese in a similar sense to this sense in modern Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 138). For example, 王請度之!'I beg your Majesty to measure it.' (Mengzi: 1.7/5/12, translation by Legge)
  5. qǐng verb to request
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '請' v 4; Kroll 2015 '請' 1, p. 371; Sun 2006, loc. 1939)
  6. qǐng verb to hire; to employ; to engage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 延聘 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 2)
  7. qǐng verb to make an appointment
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 邀约 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 3)
  8. qǐng verb to greet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 问候 (Guoyu '請' v qǐng 6; Kroll 2015 '請' 3, p. 371)
  9. qǐng verb to invite
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '請' v 4; Kroll 2015 '請' 1a, p. 371)
  10. qǐng verb asking for instruction; adhyeṣaṇa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adhyeṣaṇa, Pali: ajjhesanā, Japanese: sei, or: shou, or: shin (BCSD '請', p. 1085; Edgerton 1953 'adhyeṣaṇa', p. 18; MW 'adhyeṣaṇa'; SH '請', p. 443; Unihan '請')

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  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 184
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 126
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 125
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 125
  • Scroll 12 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 116
  • Scroll 5 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 114
  • Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 113
  • Scroll 3 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 105
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 98
  • Scroll 32 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 95

Collocations

  • 受请 (受請) 梵王知佛受請 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 23
  • 佛请 (佛請) 佛請諸比丘 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 14
  • 请佛 (請佛) 我已請佛明日設食 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 12
  • 请贤者 (請賢者) 佛請賢者阿難 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
  • 三请 (三請) 如是三請 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 10
  • 来请 (來請) 天魔頻來請 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
  • 请请 (請請) 中阿含大品請請經第五 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 29 — count: 6
  • 可请 (可請) 吾可請汝於我法中淨修梵行 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 6
  • 请骨 (請骨) 來請骨分 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 5
  • 请尊者 (請尊者) 請尊者舍梨子食 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5