召 (zhào) means Summon (call together - convene). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
会议在北京 召 开。
Huìyì zài Běijīng zhàokāi.
The conference is being held in Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 召开
学校下周 召 开家长会。
Xuéxiào xià zhōu zhàokāi jiāzhǎnghuì.
The school is holding a parents' meeting next week.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 召开
皇帝 召 集大臣们商议此事。
Huángdì zhàojí dàchénmen shāngyì cǐ shì.
The emperor summoned his ministers to discuss the matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 大臣
公司下周要 召 开股东大会。
Gōngsī xià zhōu yào zhàokāi gǔdōng dàhuì.
The company is holding a shareholders' meeting next week.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 股东
他的号 召 得到了热烈响应。
Tā de hàozhào dédào le rèliè xiǎngyìng.
His call met with an enthusiastic response.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 号召
他的号 召 得到了积极响应。
Tā de hàozhào dédào le jījí xiǎngyìng.
His call met with an active response.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 响应
学校号 召 大家参加义务劳动。
Xuéxiào hàozhào dàjiā cānjiā yìwù láodòng.
The school called on everyone to take part in voluntary work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 号召
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Questions about 召
How is 召 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 召 (zhào, "Summon (call together - convene)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 召 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 召 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 召 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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