請柬

See also: 请柬

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	card; note; letter
trad. (請柬)		請	柬
simp. (请柬)		请	柬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² gaan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng-kán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngjiǎn [Phonetic: qíngjiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-chien³
    • Yale: chǐng-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingjean
    • Palladius: цинцзянь (cinczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng² gaan²
    • Yale: chéng gáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² gaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² gan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ kaːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-kán
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng-kán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngkarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

請柬

1. invitation card; invitation

   請把這份請柬送到張家去。 [MSC, trad.]
   请把这份请柬送到张家去。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng bǎ zhè fèn qǐngjiǎn sòng dào Zhāng jiā qù. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 請帖／请帖 (qǐngtiě)
• (Hokkien) 帖仔

References

• “Entry #102782”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.