HSK 3 · Verbs

请假 qǐngjià “to ask for time off” in Chinese

Traditional 請假

What 请假 means

  1. to ask for time off
  2. to request leave of absence

How to say 请假

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale请qǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale假jià4th tone, falling

请假 in a sentence

  1. 我不知道他请假的原因。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao tā qǐngjià de yuányīn.

    I don’t know why he asked for time off.

    Sentence #13949962 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 请假 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 请 (qǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
请qǐngto ask
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qǐng.

The character 假 (jià) with each of its parts in a different colour
假jiàholiday
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 叚false

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 叚 (jiǎ) for the sound: false, fake. Read jià, it means a holiday.

How to write 请假

请 10 strokes · 假 11 strokes

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请假 (qǐngjià) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 请假 (qǐngjià). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 请假

Words with 请

请qǐng · please请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)邀请yāoqǐng · to invite申请shēnqǐng · to apply (for)请求qǐngqiú · to request请教qǐngjiào · to ask for advice请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions请柬qǐngjiǎn · invitation card请帖qǐngtiě · invitation card

Words with 假

假期jiàqī · holiday放假fàngjià · to have a holiday休假xiūjià · to take leave假jiǎ · false寒假hánjià · winter holidays放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays假装jiǎzhuāng · to feign假设jiǎshè · to suppose假如jiǎrú · if虚假xūjiǎ · false

More words: Common Verbs

爬山páshān · mountain climbing骑qí · to ride an animal or bike起飞qǐfēi · take off in an aeroplane起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action上网shàngwǎng · to surf the web生气shēngqì · angry试shì · to try刷牙shuāyá · brush one’s teeth

FAQs

请假 (qǐngjià) means “to ask for time off” or “to request leave of absence”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it qǐngjià: qǐng with a 3rd tone, then jià with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 请假 is written 請假. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingjia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 请假 from the suggestions. Typing qingjia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
请假 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.