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请坐。
。 Please sit.Practice path
Make this line survive without the page.
Start with the sound, then answer the authored recall prompts for this exact line. No browsing through the whole quiz set.
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Current move
Hear it cold Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again. 01 Hear it cold
Listen first, then choose the Mandarin line before reading the page again.
Next请坐。 02 What does 请坐。 mean?请坐 is a polite invitation to sit.
PracticePlease sit. 03 Fill the pinyin for 请坐。请 is third tone; 坐 is fourth tone.
Practiceqǐng zuò 04 Which line is safer with a guest?请 softens the direct command.
Practice请坐。Scene
When to use it
Inviting someone to sit down in an office, home, classroom, or restaurant.
Risk
safe
With close friends, 坐吧 can sound warmer, but 请坐 is safer for learners.
Literal
Please sit.
请坐 is a compact hospitality phrase. It pairs naturally with 请进.
Mini dialogue
Hear the social move.
Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.
Contrast
Do not blur these together.
Recall prompts
Check whether it survived.
02 · Fill the pinyin for 请坐。
Answer: qǐng zuò
请 is third tone; 坐 is fourth tone.
Practice this prompt03 · Which line is safer with a guest?
Answer: 请坐。
请 softens the direct command.
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