请柬

请柬 qǐngjiǎn

Invitation card; written invitation^†

请柬 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體請柬 qingjian

What 请柬 means

Invitation card^†
written invitation^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 请柬, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

请柬 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

请

qǐng

Please (ask - invite - request)

柬

jiǎn

Card (letter)

Words that share a character with 请柬

How to write 请柬

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请柬 in a sentence

他收到了一张婚礼请柬。

Tā shōudào le yì zhāng hūnlǐ qǐngjiǎn.

He received a wedding invitation.

请柬上写着时间和地点。

Qǐngjiǎn shang xiězhe shíjiān hé dìdiǎn.

The time and place are written on the invitation.

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Questions about 请柬

What does 请柬 mean in English?

请柬 is pronounced qǐngjiǎn and means Invitation card, written invitation †.

How do you pronounce 请柬?

请柬 is qǐngjiǎn in pinyin — written qingjian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 请柬?

请柬 is written with 2 characters: 请 (qǐng) Please (ask - invite - request), 柬 (jiǎn) Card (letter). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 请柬 written in traditional Chinese?

請柬. The simplified form 请柬 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 請柬 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced qǐngjiǎn.

Is 请柬 an HSK word?

Yes — 请柬 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

情节 qíngjié 情理 qínglǐ 情形 qíngxing 晴朗 qínglǎng 请教 qǐngjiào 请示 qǐngshì 请帖 qǐngtiě 丘陵 qiūlíng

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