Cantonese Dictionary

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招人仇口
Mandarin: zhao1 ren2 chou2 kou3
to offend people and provoke hatred; to make enemies
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招供
Mandarin: zhao1 gong4
[n] confession, [v] to confess
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招兵
Mandarin: zhao1 bing1
to recruit soldiers
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招兵買馬
enlarge an army; recruit followers
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招募
Mandarin: zhao1mu4
(verb) Employ (employee etc.)
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招呼
Mandarin: zhao1 hu5
(verb) 1. serve; 2. beckon
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招呼唔到
Mandarin: zhao1 hu5 n2 dao4
Cantonese
cannot provide good hospitality, a polite expression used by the host
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招式
Mandarin: zhao1 shi4
style, manner
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招待
Mandarin: zhao1 dai4
to receive guests; to entertain; to host; reception
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招待員
Mandarin: zhao1 dai4 yuan2
receptionist; attendant; usher; greeter
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招待所
Mandarin: zhao1 dai4 suo3
guest house; small hotel
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招待會
Mandarin: zhao1 dai4 hui4
conference; reception
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招徠
Mandarin: zhao1lai2
Simplified: 招徕
(verb) Attract
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招惹
Mandarin: zhao1 re3
to trigger
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招手
Mandarin: zhao1 shou3
to wave; to beckon | [粵]: 搰手
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招搖
act ostentatiously
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招搖撞騙
Mandarin: zhao1 yao2 zhuang4 pian4
Simplified: 招摇撞骗
to bluff; to go around scamming people
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招攬
Mandarin: zhao1 lan3
solicit (customers or business)/canvass
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招收
Mandarin: zhao1 shou1
to hire; to recruit
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招數
Mandarin: zhao1 shu4
strategic move; trick; physical movements
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招架
ward off blows
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招標
to invite a bid
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招牌
Mandarin: zhao1 pai5
(noun) billboard
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招牌光管
Mandarin: zhao1 pai2 guang1 guan3
a neon sign
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招牌燈
[n] a neon sign, a lit sign
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招牌菜
a recommended specialty of a restaurant
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招牌詩
Mandarin: zhao1pai5 shi1
Simplified: 招牌诗
a poem recited by a member to show his | her affiliation to a triad group [colloquial]
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招牌貨
Mandarin: zhao1 pai2 huo4
[n] tradename goods, the most popular merchandise
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招生
Mandarin: zhao1 sheng1
(of an educational establishment) to enrol (US: enroll) new students
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招積
Mandarin: zhao1 ji1
Simplified: 招积
cocky; arrogant
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