zhāo

beckon, summon; recruit, levy

HSK 4 #941

DEFINITIONS

招 zhāo
  • to recruit
  • to provoke
  • to beckon
  • to incur
  • to infect
  • contagious
  • a move (chess)
  • a maneuver
  • device
  • trick
  • to confess

STROKES

招 stroke order diagram
招 stroke order animation

WORDS

摇过市 zhāo yáo guò shì to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
待员 zhāo dài yuán usher; greeter
集 zhāo jí to recruit; to gather together (volunteers)
风 zhāo fēng lit. to invite the wind; fig. conspicuous and inviting criticism
花枝展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom); fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent
兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army; fig. to expand business; to recruit new staff
玩花 wán huā zhāo to play tricks
聘会 zhāo pìn huì recruitment meeting; job fair
待所 zhāo dài suǒ guest house; small hotel
兵 zhāo bīng to recruit soldiers
徕 zhāo lái to canvass (for customers); to solicit; to recruit
安 zhāo ān to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
蜂引蝶 zhāo fēng yǐn dié (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies; (fig.) to attract the opposite sex; to flirt
贤纳士 zhāo xián nà shì invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
引 zhāo yǐn to attract
贴 zhāo tiē poster; placard; bill
商 zhāo shāng to seek investment or funding; investment promotion
展 zhāo zhǎn to flutter; to sway
不打自 bù dǎ zì zhāo to confess without being pressed; to make a confession without duress
zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment
zhòng zhāo to get infected; to fall into sb's trap
子 jiǎ zhāo zi to put on airs; to adopt a false attitude
chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
提寺 táng zhāo tí sì Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place