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招

zhāo · zhao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 6

Meaning

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  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
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In a conversation

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Hailing a taxi

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那辆(nàliàng)出租车(chūzūchē)！快(kuài)招手(zhāoshǒu)！

    Look, that taxi! Quick, wave!

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)招(zhāo)了(le)好几次(hǎojǐcì)手(shǒu)，它(tā)都(dōu)不(bù)停(tíng)。

    I waved so many times, and it never stops.

  3. Dengdeng

    它(tā)不停(bùtíng)，是不是(shìbùshì)车上(chēshàng)有人(yǒurén)了(le)？

    It is not stopping. Is someone in the car?

  4. Liangliang

    好像是(hǎoxiàngshì)。再(zài)招(zhāo)一辆(yīliàng)吧(ba)。

    Looks like it. Hail another one.

  5. Dengdeng

    我的(wǒde)手(shǒu)都(dōu)举(jǔ)酸了(suānle)，我们(wǒmen)走路(zǒulù)吧(ba)。

    My arm is sore from holding it up. Let us walk.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)上(shàng)飞(fēi)机(jī)前(qián)，给(gěi)我(wǒ)招(zhāo)了(le)招(zhāo)手(shǒu)。

She waved at me before she got on board the plane.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CS · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

公(gōng)司(sī)今(jīn)年(nián)打(dǎ)算(suàn)招(zhāo)十(shí)名(míng)新(xīn)员(yuán)工(gōng)。

The company plans to recruit ten new employees this year.

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