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招

zhāo

beckon, summon; recruit, levy

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Example sentences

  • 她招呼我进来。

    Tā zhāo hu wǒ jìn lái

    She beckoned me to come in.

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  • 每次见面都打招呼。

    Měi cì jiàn miàn dōu dǎ zhāo hu

    Greet someone every time you meet them.

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  • 大学被招收了三个中国学生。

    Dà xué bèi zhāo shōu le sān gè zhōng guó xué shēng

    Three Chinese students were admitted to the college.

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  • 失物招领处在哪儿?

    Shī wù zhāo lǐng chǔ zài nǎ r

    Where is the lost and found?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 招

  • 招呼zhāo hu 1–5to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
  • 招聘zhāo pìn 1–4 to invite applications for a job; to recruit
  • 打招呼dǎ zhāo hu 3–1–5to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
  • 招待zhāo dài 1–4 to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
  • 招生zhāo shēng 1–1 to enroll new students; to get students
  • 招手zhāo shǒu 1–3 to wave; to beckon
  • 招zhāo 1to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
  • 招收zhāo shōu 1–1 to hire; to recruit
  • 招投标zhāo tóu biāo 1–2–1bid inviting and bid offering; bidding; auction
  • 招募zhāo mù 1–4 to recruit; to enlist
  • 招牌zhāo pai 1–5signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
  • 招数zhāo shù 1–4 move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 着数