HSK 6 · Objects

请帖 qǐngtiě “invitation card” in Chinese

Said as qíngtiě

Traditional 請帖

What 请帖 means

  1. invitation card
  2. written invitation

How to say 请帖

  • 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帖tiě3rd tone, dipping

Said as qíngtiě. 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

请帖 in a sentence

  1. 我收到了请帖。

    Wǒ shōudào le qǐngtiě.

    I received an invitation.

    Sentence #136238 from Tatoeba

  2. 发给好朋友的请帖上有新郎新娘合影的照片。

    Fāgěi hǎo péngyou de qǐngtiě shàng yǒu xīnláng xīnniáng héyǐng de zhàopiàn.

    The invitations sent to close friends have a photo of the bride and groom together.

    Sentence #421182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 请帖 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 帖 (tiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
帖tiěinvitation card
  • 巾napkin · jīn
  • 占to divine · zhān

How to write 请帖

请 10 strokes · 帖 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 请帖

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请柬qǐngjiǎn · invitation card

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FAQs

请帖 (qǐngtiě) means “invitation card” or “written invitation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qǐngtiě: qǐng with a 3rd tone, then tiě with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like qíngtiě. 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, 请帖 is written 請帖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingtie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 请帖 from the suggestions. Typing qingtie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
请帖 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.