[qǐng]
[动]
（请求） request; ask
May I ask a favour of you?
能不能请你帮个忙?
It is hoped you will give us guidance.
请你多加指导。
Ask him in [upstairs].
请他进来[上楼]。
She asked help from her teacher.
她请老师帮助她。
Your presence is requested at a banquet to be given at the Friendship Hotel at 7:30 p.m. of March 2.
兹定于三月二日晚七时半在友谊宾馆举行宴会， 敬请光临。
（邀请； 聘请） invite; engage
send for a doctor
请医生
invite the chief engineer to give a lecture
请总工程师来讲课
Inspection is respectfully [cordially] invited.
敬[恳]请莅临视察。
He was engaged from abroad.
他是从国外请来的。
（招待； 款待） entertain
We entertained friends to lunch.
我们请朋友吃午饭。
[敬] （用于希望对方做某事） please
Be quiet, please.
请安静。
Please don't laugh.
请不要笑。
Please reply as soon as possible.
请速回信。
Won't you sit down?; Please be seated.; Sit down, please.
请坐。