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招待

zhāo dài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

招待 (zhāo dài) means "to host, entertain (guests)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 招待 means

1. to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)

The characters in 招待

• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with

Example sentences

• 这种饮料是免费招待的。
  Zhèzhǒng yǐnliào shì miǎnfèi zhāodài de.
  This drink is on the house.
• 他们昨晚设宴招待了我们。
  They entertained us at dinner last night.
• 做餐馆服务员啊、酒吧招待员啊，都可以。
  Zuò cānguǎn fúwùyuán ā, jiǔbā zhāodàiyuán ā, dōu kěyǐ.
  Either as a waiter at a restaurant or a bartender, both are OK.
• 我很荣幸能来到开罗这座不朽的城市，并受到两所著名学府的招待。千载以来，艾资哈尔大学一直担任着伊斯兰教育的指路明灯；百年以来，开罗大学亦一直是埃及全国的发展泉源。
  Wǒ hěn róngxìng néng láidào Kāiluó zhè zuò bù xiǔ de chéngshì, bìng shòudào liǎng suǒ zhùmíng xuéfǔ de zhāodài. qiān zài yǐlái, ài zī hā ěr dàxué yīzhí dānrèn zhe Yīsīlánjiào yù de zhǐlù míng dēng; bǎinián yǐlái, Kāiluó Dàxué yì yīzhí shì āijí quánguó de fāzhǎn quányuán.
  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.
• 我很荣幸能来到开罗这座不朽的城市，并受到两所着名学府的招待。千载以来，艾资哈尔大学一直担任着伊斯兰教育的指路明灯；百年以来，开罗大学亦一直是埃及全国的发展泉源。
  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.

Words starting with 招待

• 招待所zhāo dài suǒguesthouse; hostel
• 招待会zhāo dài huìa reception
• 招待员zhāo dài yuánservice personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc

Words containing 招待

• 记者招待会jì zhě zhāo dài huìpress conference

Where 招待 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Requests, Celebration & Hosting (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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