HSK 6 · Verbs

请教 qǐngjiào “to ask for advice” in Chinese

Traditional 請教

What 请教 means

  1. to ask for advice
  2. to consult
  3. to ask for guidance

How to say 请教

  • 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教jiào4th tone, falling

请教 in a sentence

  1. 您最好请教一下医生。

    Nín zuìhǎo qǐngjiào yíxià yīshēng.

    You’d better ask a doctor.

    Sentence #469289 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有个问题想请教您，可以吗？

    Yǒu ge wèntí xiǎng qǐngjiào nín, kěyǐ ma?

    There’s something I’d like to ask you – would that be all right?

    Sentence #2440633 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 每个人都请教汤姆。

    Měi ge rén dōu qǐngjiào Tāngmǔ.

    Everyone asks Tom for advice.

    Sentence #6640401 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 请教 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 教 (jiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
教jiàoto teach; to instruct
  • 孝filial piety · xiàoSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 孝 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiào.

How to write 请教

请 10 strokes · 教 11 strokes

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

Words related to 请教

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请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions请柬qǐngjiǎn · invitation card请帖qǐngtiě · invitation card

Words with 教

教室jiàoshì · classroom教jiāo · teach教授jiàoshòu · professor教育jiàoyù · to educate教练jiàoliàn · instructor教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)教材jiàocái · teaching material教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing宗教zōngjiào · religion

More words: Thinking & Talking

描绘miáohuì · to depict迷惑míhuò · to confuse评论pínglùn · to comment on批判pīpàn · to criticise倾听qīngtīng · to listen attentively权衡quánhéng · to weigh up确信quèxìn · to be convinced区分qūfēn · to distinguish

FAQs

请教 (qǐngjiào) means “to ask for advice” or “to consult”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐngjiào: qǐng with a 3rd tone, then jiào 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, 请教 is written 請教. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingjiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 请教 from the suggestions. Typing qingjiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
请教 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.