請客

See also: 请客

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	customer; visitor; guest
trad. (請客)		請	客
simp. (请客)		请	客

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qǐngkè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄎㄜˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qin³ ke⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² haak³ / cing² haak³
Gan (Wiktionary): qiang³ kah⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): qing² kah⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-kheh / chhiáⁿ-kheeh

(Teochew, Peng'im): cian² kêh⁴
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin³ ke⁶

Note:

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: qiang³ kah⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³⁻¹³ kʰaʔ⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qing² kah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰĩŋ⁵³ kʰaʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: tshiánn-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chviafqeq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰeʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-kheeh
  - Tâi-lô: tshiánn-kheeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰɛʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cian² kêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáⁿ kheh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰeʔ²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: cin³ ke⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰin⁴¹ kʰɤ̞²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰin⁴¹ kʰɤ̞²⁴/

請客

to treat or shout somebody (usually to a meal), especially to congratulate or befriend
今天我請客。／今天我请客。 ― Jīntiān wǒ qǐngkè. ― My shout today.
to entertain guests