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yāoqǐng

邀请yāoqǐngyāoqǐng
to invite
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Usages of yāoqǐng

她tā　邀请yāoqǐng　几jǐ　个gè　客人kèrén　来lái　家jiā里li　吃chī　晚饭wǎnfàn。tā yāoqǐng jǐ gè kèrén lái jiāli chī wǎnfàn.
She invited several guests to come to her place for dinner.
周末zhōumò　我们wǒmen　打算dǎsuàn　邀请yāoqǐng　朋友péngyou　来lái　家jiā　看kàn　电影diànyǐng。zhōumò wǒmen dǎsuàn yāoqǐng péngyou lái jiā kàn diànyǐng.
On the weekend we plan to invite friends to come to our home to watch a movie.
我wǒ　本来běnlái　不bù　想xiǎng　出门chūmén，　但是dànshì　她tā　邀请yāoqǐng　我wǒ　去qù　公园gōngyuán　散步sànbù。wǒ běnlái bù xiǎng chūmén, dànshì tā yāoqǐng wǒ qù gōngyuán sànbù.
I originally didn’t want to go out, but she invited me to go for a walk in the park.

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