1 to ask

2 to invite

3 please (do sth)

4 to treat (to a meal etc)

5 to request

1 to call on (sb to do sth)

2 to appeal (to)

3 an appeal

1 please (do sth) (deferential form)

1 to apply for sth

2 application (form etc)

3 classifier: 份 fèn

1 to request leave of absence

1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)

1 lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)

2 fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine

1 lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom)

2 fig. to offer sb a humble apology