请客
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
请客 (qǐngkè) · to treat
请客 (qǐngkè) means “to treat; to invite (to a meal)”. It is written with 2 characters: 请 (please) + 客 (guest). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 请客 is built
The characters
请 qǐng · please
What 请 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 青qīng — nature's color
- 龶 — top part
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: 讠 gives the meaning, 青 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
客 kè · guest
What 客 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 各gè — individual
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — and
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 夂zhǐ — to go
Origin hint: A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天我请客。Jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè.It's my treat today.
这次谁请客？Zhè cì shéi qǐngkè?Who's treating this time?
Questions about 请客
What does 请客 mean?
请客 (qǐngkè) means “to treat; to invite (to a meal)”.
How do you pronounce 请客?
请客 is pronounced qǐngkè.
Which HSK level is 请客?
请客 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 请假qǐngjiàto ask for leave
- 请进qǐngjìnplease come in
- 请问qǐngwènmay I ask
- 请坐qǐngzuòplease sit down
- 请求qǐngqiúto ask
- 请教qǐngjiàoto ask for advice
- 申请shēnqǐngto apply (for)
- 邀请yāoqǐngto invite
- 请柬qǐngjiǎninvitation card
- 请示qǐngshìto ask for instructions
Learn 请客 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 53: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.