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  • 1

    v.beckon; gesture

    • tā bǎ shǒu yī zhāo ràng wǒ gēn shang

      He beckoned me to follow him.

    • tā zhāo shǒu ràng wǒ jìn qù

      进去

      He beckoned me in.

    • wǒ gāng gāng méi kàn jiàn nǐ chòng wǒ zhāo zhe shǒu

      刚刚看见

      I didn't notice you make a gesture just now.

  • 2

    v.enlist; enrol; recruit; enroll

    • wǒ men de fàn diàn xū yào zhāo shēng yi

      我们饭店需要生意

      We need to get new customers for our restaurant.

    • běi jīng dà xué měi nián zhāo hěn duō yán jiū shēng

      北京大学每年研究生

      Peking University enrols lots of postgraduate students every year.

    • zhè ge gōng chǎng bù zhāo rén le

      这个工厂

      This factory doesn't enrol employees any more.

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  • 3

    v.confess; own up; admit

    • zhāo gòng

      confess

    • zhāo rèn

      make a confession

  • 4

    v.dialbe contagious/communicable/infectious; be infectious

    • zhè bìng zhāo rén yào zhù yì yù fáng

      注意预防

      This disease is communicable. You must take preventive measures.

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  • 5

    v.tease; provoke; flirt with

    • zhāo rén ài

      charming

  • 6

    v.court; incur; attract (something bad); incite

    • zhāo wén yíng

      attract flies and mosquitoes

    • zhāo zāi

      invite calamity

  • 7

    n.movement in wushu

    • zhāo shì

      movement

  • 8

    n.trick; device; move

    • nǐ zhè zhāo zhēn gāo a

      That was really a brilliant stroke of yours.

Words and phrases with 招

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Chinese Characters with pinyin zhāo

  • early morning; day
  • put; move in a chess game
  • clear; indicate
  • exhort