招

zhāo · zhao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  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

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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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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