邀 (yāo) means Invite (seek). Below are 9 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
他拒绝了我的 邀 请。
Tā jùjué le wǒ de yāoqǐng.
He turned down my invitation.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 拒绝
他 邀 请我去他家吃饭。
Tā yāoqǐng wǒ qù tā jiā chī fàn.
He invited me to his home for dinner.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 邀请
他谢绝了所有的 邀 请。
Tā xièjué le suǒyǒu de yāoqǐng.
He politely declined all the invitations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谢绝
他应 邀 出席了开幕式。
Tā yìngyāo chūxí le kāimùshì.
He attended the opening ceremony by invitation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 应邀
这位专家应 邀 来校讲座。
Zhè wèi zhuānjiā yìngyāo lái xiào jiǎngzuò.
This expert came to lecture at the school by invitation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 应邀
这次论坛 邀 请了很多专家。
Zhè cì lùntán yāoqǐng le hěn duō zhuānjiā.
This forum invited a great many experts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 论坛
被 邀 请来演讲是我的荣幸。
Bèi yāoqǐng lái yǎnjiǎng shì wǒ de róngxìng.
Being invited to speak is an honour for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 荣幸
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From the travel phrasebook
谢谢您的 邀 请。
Xièxie nín de yāoqǐng.
Thank you for the invitation.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
Words that contain 邀
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 邀
How is 邀 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 邀 (yāo, "Invite (seek)"), 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 邀 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 邀 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 邀?
The dictionary page for 邀 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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