HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Hobbies, Sport

请客 qǐngkè “to treat someone (to a meal)” in Chinese

Traditional 請客

What 请客 means

  1. to treat someone (to a meal)
  2. to host guests
  3. to give a dinner party
  4. to entertain guests
  5. to invite to dinner

How to say 请客

  • 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客kè4th tone, falling

请客 in a sentence

  1. 今天是我请客。

    Jīntiān shì wǒ qǐngkè.

    Today it’s my treat.

    Sentence #470019 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 晚饭我请客。

    Wǎnfàn wǒ qǐngkè.

    Dinner’s on me.

    Sentence #8742132 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 请客 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 客 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
客kècustomer; visitor; guest
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 各individual · gè

Memory aidSomeone 各 welcomed under your roof 宀: a guest.

How to write 请客

请 10 strokes · 客 9 strokes

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

Words related to 请客

Words with 请

请qǐng · please请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me请假qǐngjià · to ask for time off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 客

不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome客人kèrén · guest游客yóukè · tourist做客zuòkè · to be a guest客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)顾客gùkè · customer好客hàokè · hospitable客观kèguān · objective客户kèhù · client

More words: Hobbies, Sport & Leisure

兴趣xìngqù · interest运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete拍照pāizhào · to take a photo球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet做客zuòkè · to be a guest

FAQs

请客 (qǐngkè) means “to treat someone (to a meal)” or “to host guests”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it qǐngkè: qǐng with a 3rd tone, then kè 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, 请客 is written 請客. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingke with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 请客 from the suggestions. Typing qingke into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
请客 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.