HSK 4 · Verbs

邀请 yāoqǐng “to invite” in Chinese

Traditional 邀請

What 邀请 means

  1. to invite
  2. invitation

Measure word 个 gè · 一个邀请 yí ge yāoqǐng

How to say 邀请

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale邀yāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale请qǐng3rd tone, dipping

邀请 in a sentence

  1. 谢谢你邀请我吃饭。

    Xièxie nǐ yāoqǐng wǒ chīfàn.

    Thank you for inviting me to dinner.

    Sentence #1541584 from Tatoeba

  2. 她邀请我们去她的生日派对。

    Tā yāoqǐng wǒmen qù tā de shēngrì pàiduì.

    She invited us to her birthday party.

    Sentence #333181 from Tatoeba

  3. 你觉得他们会接受我的邀请吗？

    Nǐ juéde tāmen huì jiēshòu wǒ de yāoqǐng ma?

    Do you think they will accept my invitation?

    Sentence #13999383 from Tatoeba

How 邀请 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 邀 (yāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
邀yāoto invite
  • 敫ancient musical instrument · jiǎoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 敫 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with yāo.

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.

How to write 邀请

邀 16 strokes · 请 10 strokes

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

Words related to 邀请

Words with 邀

应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation

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)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

More words: Thinking & Talking

提醒tíxǐng · to remind填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)通知tōngzhī · to notify误会wùhuì · to misunderstand意见yìjiàn · idea以为yǐwéi · to think (wrongly)原谅yuánliàng · to excuse阅读yuèdú · to read

FAQs

邀请 (yāoqǐng) means “to invite” or “invitation”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yāoqǐng: yāo with a 1st tone, then qǐng with a 3rd 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, 邀请 is written 邀請. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to invite is 一个邀请 (yí ge yāoqǐng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yaoqing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 邀请 from the suggestions. Typing yaoqing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
邀请 is an HSK 4 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.