招 zhāo in a sentence
Beckon (recruit - provoke - confess - trick - move)
招 (zhāo) means Beckon (recruit - provoke - confess - trick - move). Below are 17 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
他笑着跟我打 招 呼。
Tā xiào zhe gēn wǒ dǎ zhāohu.
He greeted me with a smile.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打招呼
这家公司正在 招 聘。
Zhè jiā gōngsī zhèngzài zhāopìn.
This company is recruiting.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 招聘
招 标公告已经发布。
Zhāobiāo gōnggào yǐjīng fābù.
The invitation to tender has been published.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 招标
招 聘的消息在网站上。
Zhāopìn de xiāoxi zài wǎngzhàn shàng.
The recruitment notice is on the website.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 招聘
他热情地 招 待了客人。
Tā rèqíng de zhāodài le kèren.
He entertained the guests warmly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 招待
招 待所就在学校旁边。
Zhāodàisuǒ jiù zài xuéxiào pángbiān.
The guest house is right beside the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 招待
谢谢你们的盛情 招 待。
Xièxie nǐmen de shèngqíng zhāodài.
Thank you for your generous hospitality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 盛情
公司正在 招 收实习生。
Gōngsī zhèngzài zhāoshōu shíxíshēng.
The company is recruiting interns.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 招收
主人热情地 招 待了我们。
Zhǔrén rèqíng de zhāodài le wǒmen.
The host received us warmly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 主人
招 待不周，怠慢各位了。
Zhāodài bù zhōu, dàimàn gèwèi le.
Forgive our poor hospitality; we have neglected you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 怠慢
公司决定暂时冻结 招 聘。
Gōngsī juédìng zànshí dòngjié zhāopìn.
The company decided to freeze hiring for the time being.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冻结
走的时候记得跟大家打 招 呼。
Zǒu de shíhou jìde gēn dàjiā dǎ zhāohu.
Remember to say goodbye to everyone when you leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打招呼
这所学校专门 招 收聋哑学生。
Zhè suǒ xuéxiào zhuānmén zhāoshōu lóngyǎ xuésheng.
This school takes deaf and mute students specifically.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 聋哑
公告栏上贴着一张 招 聘启事。
Gōnggàolán shang tiēzhe yì zhāng zhāopìn qǐshì.
A recruitment notice is posted on the noticeboard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 启事
这所学校今年 招 收三百名新生。
Zhè suǒ xuéxiào jīnnián zhāoshōu sānbǎi míng xīnshēng.
This school is taking in three hundred new students this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 招收
这项工程通过 招 标确定了施工方。
Zhè xiàng gōngchéng tōngguò zhāobiāo quèdìng le shīgōng fāng.
The contractor for this project was decided by tender.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 招标
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From the graded readers
我回过头，看见他站在很远的地方，笑着向我 招 手。
wǒ huí guò tóu, kànjiàn tā zhàn zài hěn yuǎn de / dì dìfang, xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó xiàng wǒ zhāo shǒu.
I looked back and saw him standing far away, smiling and waving.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
Words that contain 招
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 招
How is 招 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 招 (zhāo, "Beckon (recruit - provoke - confess - trick - move)"), 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 招 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 招 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 招?
The dictionary page for 招 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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