请假 qǐng jià to ask for time off
to ask for time off, ask for leave
How to remember 请假: 请 please + 假 fake = to ask for time off.
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How it is used
- Ask for leave/time off - 我想请一天假 (wǒ xiǎng qǐng yì tiān jià) I'd like to take a day off, 请病假 (qǐng bìngjià) ask for sick leave.
- A separable verb-object: the duration or type goes in the middle - 请了三天假 (qǐngle sān tiān jià). Here 假 reads jià (leave), not jiǎ (fake).
Example sentences
- 他请假了。 Tā qǐngjià le.He took a vacation.