to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]

to apply for sth; application form (CL:份[fen4])

to engage; to hire (a lawyer etc)

to request earnestly

please (do sth) (deferential form)

to urge

please (formal)

to implore; to entreat

to be a guest at a dinner party; to be wined and dined (as a bribe)

to submit (to superiors)

to formally request (by means of an official communication 咨文[zi1 wen2])

to return an invitation

to make a formal request; formal request; to make a claim (law)

to entertain (for dinner); to invite to dinner

to employ; to send for sb promising employment

to report, requesting approval; written request for instructions

to recruit; to take on (an employee)

to propose

to request; to call for

to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)

(courteous) would you please ...

to invite; to issue an invitation

to coax and plead

(idiom) (humble expression) my presumptuous request

to hire at a high salary