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招

zhāo

HSK 4 Character

What 招 means

1. to recruit
2. to provoke
3. to beckon
4. to incur
5. to infect
6. contagious
7. a move (chess)
8. a maneuver
9. device
10. trick
11. to confess

Example sentences

• 招聘服务员。
  Zhāopìn fúwùyuán.
  Waiter needed.
• 她招呼我进来。
  Tā zhāohu wǒ jìnlái.
  She beckoned me to come in.
• 这是什么招式？
  What's this move?
• 汤姆打了个招呼。
  Tom said hi.
• 失物招领处在哪儿？
  Shīwùzhāolǐng chǔzài nǎr?
  Where is the lost and found?
• 满招损, 谦受益。
  Humility often achieves more than pride.

Words starting with 招

• 招聘zhāo pìnto invite applications for a job; to recruit
• 招待zhāo dàito hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
• 招收zhāo shōuto hire; to recruit
• 招投标zhāo tóu biāobid inviting and bid offering; bidding; auction
• 招生zhāo shēngto enroll new students; to get students
• 招呼zhāo huto call out to; to greet; to say hello to
• 招牌zhāo paisignboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
• 招手zhāo shǒuto wave; to beckon
• 招待所zhāo dài suǒguesthouse; hostel
• 招标zhāo biāoto invite bids
• 招商zhāo shāngto seek investment or funding; investment promotion
• 招来zhāo láito attract; to incur
• 招聘会zhāo pìn huìrecruitment meeting; job fair
• 招人zhāo rénto recruit; to hire people
• 招待会zhāo dài huìa reception
• 招募zhāo mùto recruit; to enlist
• 招工zhāo gōngto recruit employees
• 招数zhāo shùmove (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick
• 招商引资zhāo shāng yǐn zīinvestment promotion
• 招惹zhāo rěto court (trouble); to attract (attention); to provoke (sb)
• 招揽zhāo lǎnto attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
• 招致zhāo zhìto recruit (followers); to scout for (talent etc); to incur
• 招办zhāo bànadmissions office (for enrolling students) (abbr. for 招生办公室
• 招摇zhāo yáoto rock back and forth; (fig.) to act ostentatiously; to brag

Words containing 招

• 打招呼dǎ zhāo huto greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice
• 绝招jué zhāounique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke
• 高招gāo zhāowise move; masterstroke; bright ideas
• 花招huā zhāotrick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle
• 过招guò zhāoto fight; to exchange blows
• 花枝招展huā zhī zhāo zhǎnlit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom)…
• 中招zhòng zhāo(martial arts) to get hit; to get taken down; (fig.) to get infected…
• 出招chū zhāoto make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
• 扩招kuò zhāo(of a school) to expand enrollment; (of an organization) to ramp up hiring
• 支招zhī zhāoto give advice; to make a suggestion; to help out
• 校招xiào zhāocampus recruiting (abbr. for 校园招聘
• 社招shè zhāosocial recruiting (abbr. for 社会招聘
• 连招lián zhāo(gaming or martial arts) a sequence of attacks or moves; combo
• 假招子jiǎ zhāo zito put on airs; to adopt a false attitude
• 玩花招wán huā zhāoto play tricks
• 不打自招bù dǎ zì zhāoto confess without being pressed; to make a confession without duress
• 失物招领shī wù zhāo lǐnglost-and-found
• 从实招来cóng shí zhāo láito own up to the facts
• 玩儿花招wán r huā zhāoto play tricks
• 目挑心招mù tiǎo xīn zhāothe eye incites, the heart invites (idiom); flirtatious; making eyes at sb
• 迎风招展yíng fēng zhāo zhǎnto flutter in the wind (idiom)
• 点头招呼diǎn tóu zhāo hūbeckon
• 记者招待会jì zhě zhāo dài huìpress conference
• 树大招风shù dà zhāo fēnglit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom); fig. a famous or rich person attracts…

Characters built on 召

These share the phonetic component 召 (zhào), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 沼zhǎopond; pool
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 韶sháo(literary) splendid; glorious
• 劭shàostimulate to effort

Characters that look like 招

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 拓tuòto expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 抠kōuto dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut…

Sounds the same

Read zhāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朝morning
• 昭bright; clear; manifest
• 嘲used in 嘲哳
• 着a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right
• 钊to encourage; to cut; to strain
• 啁used in 啁哳; Taiwan pr. zhōu
• 皽(literary) dead skin cells on the surface of the skin; Taiwan pr. zhǎn
• 𬬿sickle
• 駋(horse)