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招牌

zhāo pai

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

招牌 (zhāo pai) means "signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 招牌 means

1. signboard
2. shop sign
3. reputation of a business

The characters in 招牌

• 招zhāoto recruit; to provoke; to beckon
• 牌páisignboard; plaque; plate; tablet; brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card

Example sentences

• 让我们点龙虾！听说是这里的招牌菜。
  Ràng wǒmen diǎn lóngxiā! tīngshuō shì zhèlǐ de zhāopáicài.
  Let’s order the lobster! I’ve heard that’s the specialty dish here.
• 只要换上不同招牌，就能成为各种商店。
  Zhǐyào huàn shàng bù tóng zhāopai, jiù néng chéngwéi gèzhǒng shāngdiàn.
  Only if you put up a different sign can you become a miscellany store.
• 你也知道，最近的 J-POP 实际上并没有很多招牌歌曲。
  Recent J-POP doesn't really have many signature songs, you know.

Words starting with 招牌

• 招牌纸zhāo pái zhǐlabel; sticker
• 招牌动作zhāo pái dòng zuòsignature move
• 招牌菜zhāo pái càisignature dish; a restaurant’s most famous dish

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