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邀

yāo

HSK 4 Character

What 邀 means

1. to invite
2. to request
3. to intercept
4. to solicit
5. to seek

Example sentences

• 谢谢你邀请我。
  Thank you for inviting me.
• 感谢您的邀请。
  Thank you for your invitation.
• 谢谢你的邀请。
  Thanks for the invite.
• 我邀请她跳舞.
  I asked her to dance.
• 我也被邀请了。
  I was also invited.
• 你没受到邀请。
  You aren't invited.

Words starting with 邀

• 邀请yāo qǐngto invite; invitation
• 邀请函yāo qǐng háninvitation letter
• 邀约yāo yuēto invite; an invitation
• 邀请赛yāo qǐng sàiinvitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)
• 邀功yāo gōngto take the credit for sb's achievement
• 邀击yāo jīto intercept; to waylay; to ambush
• 邀集yāo jíto invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering)
• 邀买人心yāo mǎi rén xīnto buy popular support; to court favor
• 邀宴yāo yànto invite sb to a banquet

Words containing 邀

• 应邀yìng yāoat sb's invitation; on invitation
• 特邀tè yāospecial invitation
• 诚邀chéng yāowe warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc)

Characters that look like 邀

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

• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee
• 澳àodeep bay; cove; harbor
• 骤zhòusudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 澎péngused in 澎湃; Taiwan pr. pēng
• 邂xièused in 邂逅
• 璇xuán(jade)

Sounds the same

Read yāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 要(bound form) to demand; to coerce
• 祅(literary) uncanny or anomalous phenomenon (variant of 妖
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