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邀请
yāoqǐng
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- pinyin
- yāoqǐng
- simplified
- 邀请
- traditional
- 邀請
1 · verb
To ask someone to come to an event or join an activity.
请别人来参加某个活动或做某件事。
Use 邀请 + person + activity, as in 邀请朋友来吃饭. An invitation may be accepted or declined.
I would like to invite you to dinner tomorrow.
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我想邀请你明天来吃晚饭。
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The teacher invited us to share stories about our hometowns.
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老师邀请我们分享家乡的故事。
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Yāo has the first tone and qǐng the third. 请 also appears in 请坐.
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2 · verb
To ask someone to come somewhere or take part in an activity.
请某人来某处或参加某项活动。
Use 邀请某人做某事. An invitation does not mean the person has accepted or attended.
We invited our neighbors to come over for dumplings this weekend.
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我们邀请邻居周末来家里吃饺子。
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The school invited this writer to talk with the students about writing.
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学校邀请这位作家和学生聊聊写作。
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Mandarin reading: yāoqǐng.
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invite — To ask someone to come to an event or take part in an activity.