qǐng liánjiē lùyóuqì hé guāngmāo.

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Breakdown of qǐng liánjiē lùyóuqì hé guāngmāo.

• 请qǐng: to ask (politely)
• 路由器lùyóuqì: router
• 连接liánjiē: to connect

Questions & Answers about qǐng liánjiē lùyóuqì hé guāngmāo.

What does 请 do in this sentence?

请 makes the sentence polite. In commands, it often works like please in English.

So:

• 连接路由器和光猫。 = Connect the router and the optical modem.
• 请连接路由器和光猫。 = Please connect the router and the optical modem.

It is very common in instructions, service language, and polite requests.

Is 连接 a verb here? What exactly does it mean?

Yes. 连接 is a verb meaning to connect, to link, or to join.

In this sentence, it is the main action word.

A learner should notice that Chinese often uses a single verb directly before the thing being acted on:

• 连接路由器和光猫
• literally: connect router and optical-modem

连接 sounds a little formal or technical, so it fits well in device instructions.

Why is the word order 请 + 连接 + 路由器和光猫?

This is a very normal Chinese command pattern:

• 请 + verb + object

So here:

• 请 = please
• 连接 = connect
• 路由器和光猫 = the router and the optical modem

Chinese word order is often similar to English here: polite marker + action + object.

What does 和 mean here? Is it and or with?