HSK 6 · Objects

请柬 qǐngjiǎn “invitation card” in Chinese

Said as qíngjiǎn

Traditional 請柬

What 请柬 means

  1. invitation card
  2. written invitation

How to say 请柬

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale柬jiǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as qíngjiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

请柬 in a sentence

  1. 我收到了他们的结婚请柬。

    Wǒ shōudào le tāmen de jiéhūn qǐngjiǎn.

    I received their wedding invitation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请柬上写着时间和地点。

    Qǐngjiǎn shàng xiě zhe shíjiān hé dìdiǎn.

    The time and place are written on the invitation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 请柬 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 柬 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
柬jiǎncard
  • 束to bind · shù
  • 八eight · bā

How to write 请柬

请 10 strokes · 柬 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 请柬

Words with 请

请qǐng · please请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off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请帖qǐngtiě · invitation card

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FAQs

请柬 (qǐngjiǎn) means “invitation card” or “written invitation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐngjiǎn: qǐng with a 3rd tone, then jiǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like qíngjiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 请柬 is written 請柬. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 请柬 from the suggestions. Typing qingjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
请柬 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.