请来 (qǐng lái) — (resultative verb) to succeed in inviting (someone to come)

Definition

请来 is a resultative verb: invite someone to come, focusing on whether the invitation succeeded. Contrast with the potential form 请不来, meaning unable to get them to come.

verb
(resultative verb) to succeed in inviting (someone to come)

Examples

  • 请来。
    Zhè cì jù huì wǒ qǐng lái le èr shí duō gè péng you.
    I succeeded in inviting over twenty friends to this party.
  • ，。
    Wǒ qǐng tā lái, dàn tā jù jué le.
    I invited him to come, but he refused.
  • ，请来。
    Tā zuì jìn tài máng le, wǒ qǐng lái bù lái tā.
    He's been too busy lately, so I can't succeed in inviting him.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

请qǐnginvite
来láicome

请来 combines 请 'invite' with 来 'come', giving the sense of succeeding in inviting someone to come.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 請; 请 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánsay
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng請qǐng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 請, 言 shows it relates to speaking, and 青 gives the sound; the simplified 请 is a later shorter form.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 來; 来 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 來 shows a wheat plant: a central ear, upward leaves, and downward stem and roots. The simplified 来 is a later shorthand.

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