qǐng guòlái chī huǒguō.

Here 请 makes the sentence polite, but it can do a little more than English please.

In 请过来吃火锅, 请 suggests a polite invitation or request, something like:

• Please come over to eat hot pot
• Come over for hot pot
• I’d like to invite you to come over for hot pot

So it is not only a politeness word. Depending on context, it can also carry the sense of inviting someone.

Chinese often leaves out words that are already obvious from context.

In this case, the listener is the person being spoken to, so 你 can be omitted:

• 请你过来吃火锅
• 请过来吃火锅

Both are grammatical. The second one is more natural when it is already clear who you are talking to.

English usually needs you, but Mandarin often does not.

过来 means come over or come here, with movement toward the speaker.

So:

• 来 = come
• 过来 = come over / come this way

In this sentence, 过来 gives a stronger feeling that the person should move from where they are now to where the speaker is.

That is why 请过来吃火锅 feels like Please come over here to eat hot pot.

Both can work, but they are slightly different.

• 请来吃火锅 = Please come to eat hot pot
• 请过来吃火锅 = Please come over here to eat hot pot

过来 is more vivid and directional. It emphasizes the movement from there to here.

If you are inviting someone to your place, 过来 often sounds very natural.

Chinese often puts actions in the order they happen.

Here the logic is:

1. come over
2. eat hot pot

So the sentence structure is basically:

• Please [come over] [eat hot pot].

In smoother English, we translate that as:

• Please come over to eat hot pot
• Come over for hot pot

The first verb phrase sets up the movement, and the second gives the purpose.

Yes, very normal.

Chinese commonly uses 吃 + food/activity in this way:

• 吃饭 = eat a meal
• 吃面 = eat noodles
• 吃火锅 = eat hot pot / have hot pot

Even though hot pot is more like a style of meal, 吃火锅 is the standard natural expression.

It can be either, depending on tone and context, but most often it sounds like a polite invitation or request.

With a friendly tone, 请过来吃火锅 feels like:

• Please come over for hot pot
• Come over and have hot pot

If you want it to sound even softer and more conversational, people often add particles or extra wording, such as:

• 请过来吃火锅吧
• 请你过来吃火锅吧

The 吧 makes it sound more gentle and inviting.

Yes. That is one reason this sentence can feel richer than a word-for-word English translation.

请 can be used in different ways, including:

• please someone to do something
• invite someone
• treat someone, in some expressions

In this sentence, 请过来吃火锅 can suggest I’m inviting you to come over and eat hot pot, not just please do this.

Context tells you which shade of meaning is strongest.

Yes, absolutely.

请你过来吃火锅 is fully natural and slightly more explicit because it includes 你.

Compare:

• 请过来吃火锅 = Please come over for hot pot
• 请你过来吃火锅 = Please / I invite you to come over for hot pot

Adding 你 can make the sentence clearer or a bit more direct, but in normal conversation it is often unnecessary.

火锅 is a two-syllable word:

• 火 = fire
• 锅 = pot

Together, 火锅 means hot pot, the style of meal where food is cooked in a simmering pot at the table.

In Chinese, it functions as a normal noun, and in 吃火锅, it is the thing being eaten as a meal experience.

The standard pronunciation is guòlái.

In careful pronunciation, both syllables keep their tones:

• 过 = fourth tone
• 来 = second tone

In fast everyday speech, the second syllable may sound a little lighter, but learners should start with the full pronunciation guòlái.

Often, yes, if you want to sound more complete.

For example:

• 请过来我家吃火锅。 = Please come over to my place for hot pot.
• 请过来一起吃火锅。 = Please come over and eat hot pot together.
• 请你过来吃火锅吧。 = Please come over for hot pot.

But 请过来吃火锅 is still fine on its own if the place and situation are already clear from context.