請帖

See also: 请帖

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	invitation card; notice; rubbing from incised inscription invitation card; notice; rubbing from incised inscription; fit snugly
trad. (請帖)		請	帖
simp. (请帖)		请	帖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngtiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng² tip^3-2 / cing² tip³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ-thiap
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin³ tie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngtiě [Phonetic: qíngtiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngtiě
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-tʻieh³
    • Yale: chǐng-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingtiee
    • Palladius: цинте (cinte)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceng² tip^3-2 / cing² tip³
    • Yale: chéng típ / chíng tip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² tip^8-2 / tsing² tip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² tib^3-2 / qing² tib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵ tʰiːp̚³⁻³⁵/, /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ tʰiːp̚³/

Note: cing2 tip3 - literary, less common.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ-thiap
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn-thiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviaftiab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiap̚³²/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cin³ tie⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰin⁴¹ tʰi̯e̞²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰin⁴¹ tʰi̯e̞²⁴/

Noun

請帖

1. (written) invitation

   • 揭開匣兒觀看，果然是一封請帖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     揭开匣儿观看，果然是一封请帖。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE

     Jiēkāi xiár guānkàn, guǒrán shì yī fēng qǐngtiě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 王生便與劉氏說知，寫下請帖，連夜喚將胡阿虎來。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     王生便与刘氏说知，写下请帖，连夜唤将胡阿虎来。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1628 CE, Ling Mengchu, Slapping the Table in Amazement I

     Wáng shēng biàn yǔ Liú shì shuō zhī, xiěxià qǐngtiě, liányè huàn jiāng Hú ā hǔ lái. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 請柬／请柬 (qǐngjiǎn)
• 帖子 (tiězi)
• (Jin) 拜帖 (bàitiě)
• (Hokkien) 帖仔, 請單／请单

References

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