請

請坐。

ceng2 co5.

Please have a seat.

有樣嘢我想請你幫忙。

jau5 joeng6 je5 ngo5 soeng2 ceng2 nei5 bong1 mong4.

I have a favour to ask of you.

佢結婚淨係請朋友。

keoi5 git3 fan1 zing6 hai6 ceng2 pang4 jau5.

She only invited friends to her wedding.

你幫咗我，我請你食晚飯啦！

nei5 bong1 zo2 ngo5, ngo5 ceng2 nei5 sik6 maan5 faan6 laa1.

You did me a favour, so let me treat you to dinner!

公司擺明唔夠人手，老細都仲唔肯請人，想做死人咩？

gung1 si1 baai2 ming4 m4 gau3 jan4 sau2, lou5 sai3 dou1 zung6 m4 hang2 ceng2 jan4, soeng2 zou6 sei2 jan4 me1?

The company is obviously understaffed, but our boss still refuses to hire new workers. What the hell? (literally: 'Does he want to work us to death?')

請#病假

ceng2 beng6 gaa3

to call in sick

請幾日假

to request several days off (請假／请假)

請你不要把我當傻子。

Please don't treat me like a fool.

我請他幫我買東西。

I asked him to buy something for me.

陳恆弒其君，請討之。

Chen Heng has slain his sovereign. I beg that you will undertake to punish him.

請子奉之，以主社稷。

羿請不死之藥於西王母，姮娥竊以奔月

Hou Yi asked for the medicine of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, [and] Chang'e stole it in order to escape to the moon

顏淵曰：「回雖不敏，請事斯語矣。」

Yan Yuan then said, "Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigor, I will make it my business to practice this lesson."

王好戰，請以戰喻。

Your majesty is fond of war - let me take an illustration from war.

請安

to pay respect (to someone senior)

陸生往請，直入坐，而陳丞相方深念，不時見陸生。

不請自來

to turn up without being invited

如果你得閒，我想請你飲茶。

If you are free, I would like to ask you out for yum cha.

請工人

hire workers.

佢冇錢請律師。

He does not have the money to hire a lawyer.

請神

展護衛，請聖旨！

Royal Guard Zhan, bring out the royal edict!

請稍候。

Just a moment, please

請坐

Please be seated.

～你等一下

～便

～坐

～入

～保姆

～工人

～醫生

～律師

～食飯

～睇戲

～客

～假

～教

～寳燭

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