请帖 qǐngtiě invitation card
invitation card; written invitation
How to remember 请帖: 请 please + 帖 card = invitation card.
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How it is used
- A written/printed invitation card - 发请帖 (fā qǐngtiě) to send out invitations; 一张请帖 (yī zhāng qǐngtiě).
- For weddings, banquets, ceremonies. Note 帖 reads tiě (3rd/flat) here, not tiē or tiè.
- Essentially identical to 请柬 (qǐngjiǎn); 请帖 is a bit more colloquial, 请柬 slightly more formal.
Example sentences
- 我收到了一张请帖。 Wǒ shōudào le yīzhāng qǐngtiě.I received an invitation.