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招
Mandarin: zhao1
Definitions
  1. 1 to recruit
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to beckon
  4. 4 to incur
  5. 5 to infect
  6. 6 contagious
  7. 7 a move (chess)
  8. 8 a maneuver
  9. 9 device
  10. 10 trick
  11. 11 to confess
  12. 12 a movement (in martial arts)
  13. 13 a surname
  14. 14 swagger
  15. 15 to summon
  16. 16 arrogant
  17. 17 vain
  18. 18 conceited
  19. 19 to admit
  20. 20 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
招
[[to fold]] | jip jó 招呀 — beaten; closed. | jip máaih 招埋 — [to fol
Words containing 招
招徠
(verb) Attract
金字招牌
gold standard;gold brand (well established);gold-lettered signboard;a vainglorio
生招牌
a living signboard; advertisement (spoken)
招兵買馬
enlarge an army; recruit followers
招財貓
fortune cat
一招半式
lit. half or part of a martial arts style, meaning one who is knowledgeable part
舊招牌
an old established business
不打自招
Freudian slip; give oneself away; betray oneself unintentionally
招架
ward off blows
公開招聘
open recruitment
招牌燈
[n] a neon sign, a lit sign
招攬
solicit (customers or business)/canvass
晒招
to show off [colloquial]
拆招
to break down the tricks; to tackle an opponent's move with a counter move
招搖撞騙
to bluff; to go around scamming people
招致
(verb) Beget
點頭招呼
beckon
統一招生
national unified entrance exam
折招牌
[[to destroy the signboard]] to ruin the reputation of the owner of a business b
掛招
[[[to hang a sign] to reveal one's triad identity, to identify oneself]] [to han
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