請人

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	man; person; people
trad. (請人)		請	人
simp. (请人)		请	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-jên²
    • Yale: chǐng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingren
    • Palladius: цинжэнь (cinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng² jan⁴
    • Yale: chéng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ³¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviaflaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/

Verb

請人

1. to hire people (to do something)
2. (Cantonese) to recruit to a job
3. (Hakka) to treat or shout somebody (usually to a meal), especially to congratulate or befriend

Synonyms

• (to recruit): 招聘 (zhāopìn)
• (to treat) 請客／请客 (qǐngkè)