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招数

zhāo shù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 招數

招数 (zhāo shù) means "move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 招数 means

1. move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
2. gambit
3. trick
4. scheme
5. movement
6. same as {着数|zhāo shù}

The characters in 招数

• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few

Example sentences

• 不管我用什么招数，儿子就是不肯吃青菜。
  Bù guǎn wǒ yòng shénme zhāoshù, érzi jiùshì bù kěn chī qīngcài.
  I can never make my son to eat any vegetables.
• 不管我用什幺招数，儿子就是不肯吃青菜。
  I can never make my son to eat any vegetables.

Sounds the same

Read zhāo shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 着数move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick

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