qǐng xiān kàn shèqū gōnggào.

Here 请 means please and makes the sentence sound polite.

In Chinese, 请 + verb is a very common pattern for polite instructions or requests:

• 请坐 = Please sit
• 请等一下 = Please wait a moment
• 请先看社区公告 = Please first read the community notice

Depending on context, 请 can also mean to invite or to ask, but in this sentence it is simply the polite please.

先 means first or before doing something else. In Chinese, words like this usually go before the verb they modify.

So:

• 先看 = read first / look first

The structure is:

• 请 + 先 + 看 + 社区公告

This is very natural Chinese word order. English often says Please read the community notice first, with first at the end, but Chinese usually puts 先 before the verb.

The subject is not stated, but it is understood to be you.

Chinese often leaves out the subject when it is obvious from context, especially in:

• signs
• notices
• instructions
• polite commands

So this sentence is basically understood as:

• Please, you first read the community notice

But Chinese does not need to say 你 here.

Chinese does not have articles like a, an, or the.

So 社区公告 can mean:

• community notice
• the community notice
• community announcement
• the community announcement

The exact meaning depends on context.

In a real situation, people would usually understand it as the community notice(s) that are posted there.

It breaks down like this:

• 社区 = community / residential community / neighborhood
• 公告 = public announcement / notice

Together, 社区公告 means something like:

• community notice
• community announcement
• notice from the community management

In this sentence, 社区公告 is the object of 看.

Because in Chinese, noun + noun combinations often work without 的, especially when the combination is short and common.

So:

• 社区公告 = community notice
• 学校老师 = school teacher
• 中文老师 = Chinese teacher

If you said 社区的公告, that is also possible, but it feels a little more explicit: the announcement of/from the community.

In many signs and notices, the shorter form 社区公告 sounds more natural and efficient.

Here 看 is best understood as read or check.

The basic meaning of 看 is broad. It can mean:

• look at
• watch
• read
• check

With something written, such as 公告, 看 often means read.

So although the literal meaning is look at, the natural English meaning here is please read the community notice first.

Both can refer to notices, but they are not exactly the same.

公告:

• a public announcement
• often posted for everyone to read
• sounds formal or official

通知:

• a notice or notification
• can be public, but can also be directed to specific people
• often used when informing someone of something

In a residential or public setting, 公告 is very natural for something posted on a bulletin board, gate, or wall.

Yes, you can, but the tone changes.

• 请先看社区公告。 = polite
• 先看社区公告。 = more direct
• 看社区公告。 = very direct, like an instruction or command

On signs, all of these are possible depending on how polite or formal the writer wants to sound. Adding 请 makes it friendlier.

Yes. Both are natural, and they make the request sound a little softer.

• 请先看看社区公告。
• 请先看一下社区公告。

Why?

• 看看 can make the action sound lighter or less forceful
• 看一下 means something like have a quick look or take a look

So compared with 请先看社区公告, these versions can sound a bit more conversational or gentle.

Yes, very much so.

This kind of sentence is common in:

• apartment buildings
• residential compounds
• community centers
• office buildings
• public-service areas

It sounds like a short, practical instruction telling people to read posted information before doing something else.

The pinyin is:

• qǐng xiān kàn shèqū gōnggào

Tone by tone:

• 请 qǐng — 3rd tone
• 先 xiān — 1st tone
• 看 kàn — 4th tone
• 社 shè — 4th tone
• 区 qū — 1st tone
• 公 gōng — 1st tone
• 告 gào — 4th tone

A few pronunciation points:

• q in qǐng and qū is not like English k. It is a soft Mandarin sound pronounced with the tongue closer to the front.
• x in xiān is also a Mandarin sound, not exactly like English s or sh.
• 区 qū uses the ü-type sound after q, even though pinyin writes it as u.

Usually, yes, but the exact English wording can vary.

In this sentence, 先 means:

• first
• before anything else
• beforehand

So depending on context, you might translate the whole sentence as:

• Please read the community notice first.
• Please check the community announcement first.
• Please first read the community notice.

The core idea is that this action should happen before the next step.