請客

請客

See also: 请客

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do sth) to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal, etc); to request	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (請客)		請	客
simp. (请客)		请	客

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngkè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² haak³, cing² haak³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-kheh / chhiáⁿ-kheeh

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cian² kêh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: qǐngkè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄜˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingkeh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 請客／请客 頃刻／顷刻

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng² haak³, cing² haak³
    • Yale: chéng haak, chíng haak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² haak⁸, tsing² haak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² hag³, qing² hag³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ häːk̚³/, /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ häːk̚³/

Note:

• ceng2 haak3 - vernacular;
• cing2 haak3 - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviafqeq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰeʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰeʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-kheeh
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-kheeh
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɛʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cian² kêh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáⁿ kheh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰeʔ²/

Verb

請客

1. to treat or shout somebody (usually to a meal), especially to congratulate or befriend

   今天我請客。 / 今天我请客。  ―  Jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè.  ―  My shout today.

2. to entertain guests

See also

• 宴請／宴请 (yànqǐng)