"Invite" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 邀请 | yāo qǐng | to invite / invitation / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 请 |  qǐng | to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request | |
| 邀约 | yāo yuē | to invite / invitation | |
| 自取 | zì qǔ | to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster) | |
| 诱使 | yòu shǐ | to lure into / to entrap / to trick into / to entice / to induce / to invite / to tempt | |
| 将 | qiāng | to desire / to invite / to request | |
| 约请 | yuē qǐng | to invite / to issue an invitation | |
| 约 | yuē | to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise | |
| 征 | zhēng | to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence | |
| 讨 | tǎo | to invite / to provoke / to demand or ask for / to send armed forces to suppress / to denounce or condemn / to marry (a woman) / to discuss or study | |
| 邀 | yāo | to invite / to request / to intercept / to solicit / to seek | |
| 招诱 | zhāo yòu | to invite / to recruit / to attract / to entice | |
| 招聘 | zhāo pìn | to invite applications for a job / to recruit | |
| 招标 | zhāo biāo | to invite bids | |
| 诚聘 | chéng pìn | to seek to recruit / to invite job applications from | |
| 请客 | qǐng kè | to give a dinner party / to entertain guests / to invite to dinner | |
| 宴请 | yàn qǐng | to entertain (for dinner) / to invite to dinner | |
| 惹祸 | rě huò | to stir up trouble / to invite disaster | |
| 惹麻烦 | rě má fan | to create difficulties / to be troublesome / to invite trouble | |
| 招亲 | zhāo qīn | to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice | |
| 邀集 | yāo jí | to invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering) | |
| 引火烧身 | yǐn huǒ shāo shēn | to invite trouble | |
| 征聘 | zhēng pìn | to invite job applications / to recruit | |
| 招贤纳士 | zhāo xián nà shì | invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom) / to recruit talent | |
| 以卵击石 | yǐ luǎn jī shí | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom) / to attempt the impossible / to invite disaster by overreaching oneself | |
| 引鬼上门 | yǐn guǐ shàng mén | lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | |
| 拔毛连茹 | bá máo lián rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 招灾惹祸 | zhāo zāi rě huò | to invite disaster | |
| 开门揖盗 | kāi mén yī dào | leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom) / to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand | |
| 自找麻烦 | zì zhǎo má fan | to ask for trouble / to invite difficulties | |
| 自讨没趣 | zì tǎo méi qù | to invite a snub / to court a rebuff | |
| 拔茅茹 | bá máo rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 拔茅连茹 | bá máo lián rú | lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends. | |
| 留饭 | liú fàn | to put some food aside for sb / to invite sb to stay for a meal / invitation to dinner | |
| 约同 | yuē tóng | to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc) | |
| 请神容易送神难 | qǐng shén róng yì sòng shén nán | it's easier to invite the devil in than to send him away | |
| 请喝茶 | qǐng hē chá | (lit.) to invite to tea / (fig.) (of police etc) to interrogate sb about their subversive political activities and warn them against further involvement | |
| 谨订 | jǐn dìng | would like to invite (epistolary style) | |
| 笔仙 | bǐ xiān | a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited | |
| 邀宴 | yāo yàn | to invite sb to a banquet | |
| 诚邀 | chéng yāo | we warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc) | |
