How to Say "Come In" in Chinese

请进

qǐng jìn

In Chinese, 请进 (qǐng jìn) is the way to say "come in".

You use this phrase when you are already inside a room or building and are inviting someone else to join you.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of 请 (qǐng), meaning 'please' and 进 (jìn), meaning 'to enter'.

While 请进 is a polite invitation to enter, the phrase 请进来 (qǐng jìn lái) emphasizes the direction of the movement toward the speaker.

The phrase is a complete imperative sentence and does not require a subject like 'you' to be grammatically correct or polite.

qǐng jìn

In professional settings, a visitor may respond to 请进 by saying 打扰了 (dǎ rǎo le), which literally means 'I have disturbed you'.
The word 进 (jìn) also appears in 进餐 (jìn cān), meaning 'to eat a meal', treating the act of eating as 'entering' food into the body.
In traditional Chinese architecture, the threshold of a door was often raised, meaning that 进 (entering) physically required a conscious step up and over.

请进！
Come in.
Tatoeba #348105 by zhouj1955, translation #348091 by Hertz
请进。
Do come in, please.
Tatoeba #472959 by fucongcong, translation #38905 by Swift
请进来！
Please come in!
Tatoeba #2348938 by xuan, translation #4771536 by garborg
欢迎进来！
Welcome inside!
请您进来一下。
Kindly come in for a moment, please.
进来吧！
Come in, please!
快进来！
Come inside quickly!
进来坐一下。
Come in and have a seat for a moment.
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At the office door, Junjie invites Yuting into his room.

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