招 zhāo

1. zhāo verb to beckon; to hail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '招' v 1; Kroll 2015 '招' 1, p. 594; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 27; Unihan '招'; XHZD '招' 1, p. 958)
2. zhāo verb to welcome
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 招待 (Mathews 1931 '招', p. 27)
3. zhāo verb to recruit; to levy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 招生 recruit students (Guoyu '招' v 2; Kroll 2015 '招' 1a, p. 594; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 27; Unihan '招'; XHZD '招' 2, p. 959)
4. zhāo verb to arouse; to attract; to provoke; to cause
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of逗, 惹, or 引; for example, 招惹 provoke (Guoyu '招' v 3; Kroll 2015 '招' 1a, p. 594; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 27; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2510)
5. zhāo verb to infect
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
   Notes: Beijing dialect (Guoyu '招' v 4)
6. zhāo verb to admit [to an offense]; to confess
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 承认; as in 招认 confess; for example, the idiom 不打自招 confess on one's own, without being beaten (Guoyu '招' v 5; Kroll 2015 '招' 4, p. 594; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 27; XHZD '招' 3, p. 959)
7. zhāo verb to appoint
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 进用 (Guoyu '招' v 6)
8. zhāo verb for a husband to live with his wife's family
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 入贅 (Guoyu '招' v 7)
9. zhāo verb to seek
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 寻找 (Guoyu '招' v 8)
10. zhāo noun a target
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 箭靶 (Guoyu '招' n 1; Kroll 2015 '招' 2, p. 594; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 28)
11. zhāo noun a martial arts technique; a trick
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 武技; for example, 绝招 masterstroke (Guoyu '招' n 2; XHZD '招' 4, p. 959)
12. zhāo noun a prominent sign
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 市招 shop sign (Guoyu '招' n 3; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 27)
13. zhāo measure word a measure word for techniques or plans
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '招' n 4)
14. qiáo verb to disclose; to reveal; to make public
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 揭发 (Guoyu '招' qiáo v; Kroll 2015 '招' 5, p. 594; )
15. sháo noun a musical tune
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '招' sháo n)
16. zhāo verb to tie somebody by the legs
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '招' 3, p. 594; Mathews 1931 '招', p. 28)
17. zhāo noun a monastic compound
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '招' 6, p. 594)

Contained in

• 招人 to be infectious; to recruit
• 招租 (of a house or room) to be for rent
• 花枝招展 lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze; gorgeously dressed (woman)
• 招人喜欢(招人喜歡) charming; attractive; delightful
• 招展 to flutter; to sway
• 招商引资(招商引資) investment promotion
• 打招呼 to greet
• 招兵买马(招兵買馬) recruit soldiers and buy horses ; to recruit staff for a business
• 满招损，谦受益(滿招損，謙受益) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit; pride comes before a fall
• 手招 to wave; to beckon
• 招怨 to arouse animosity ; to arouse animosity
• 从实招来(從實招來) to own up to the facts
• 花招 trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish
• 招供 to confess
• 招认口供(招認口供) to give an oral confession to a crime
• 招手 to wave; to beckon
• 招亲(招親) to invite the groom to live with the bride's family
• 迎风招展(迎風招展) to flutter in the wind
• 招咎 to cause a disaster
• 招损(招損) to bring injury upon
• 招股 to raise capital through a share offer
• 招承 to confess
• 招揽(招攬) to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
• 招降纳叛(招降納叛) to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters; to gather together a gang of villains
• 招股说明书(招股說明書) prospectus
• 招赔(招賠) to confess and express regret
• 招法 move; method of use; trick for success
• 首次公开招股(首次公開招股) initial public offering (IPO)
• 招灾(招災) to bring disaster upon oneself
• 招聘协调人(招聘協調人) recruiting coordinator
• 招魂 to summon the soul ; Zhao Hun; Summons to the Soul; Summoning of the Soul
• 招呼站 request bus stop
• 招工 to advertise for an open position
• 招登 to call for advertisements
• 中招 to get infected; to fall into a trap
• 招摇(招搖) to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off ; to shake; to sway ; Zhaoyao
• 招风(招風) catching teh wind
• 招风惹草(招風惹草) to stir up trouble ; to sow discord
• 招贴(招貼) a poster; a sticker
• 招之即来(招之即來) to come as soon as called
• 招册(招冊) record of a confession
• 招唤(招喚) to call; to summon
• 招寻(招尋) to advertise for a lost item
• 招待会(招待會) reception
• 招聘 to advertise
• 招权纳赂(招權納賂) to misuse power to commit bribery
• 买马招军(買馬招軍) buy horses and recruit soldiers ; to recruit staff for a business
• 招引 to attract [new members]; to recommend [joining]

Also contained in

招讨使 、 招远 、 招商银行

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百九十三 志第一百四十六 兵七 Volume 193 Treatises 146: Military 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 61
• 卷二十六 魏書二十六 滿田牽郭傳 Volume 26: Book of Wei 26 - Biographies of Man, Tian, Qian, and Guo Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 44
• 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 26
• 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷二百一十　　列傳第九十七: 外夷三 緬國 占城 暹國 爪哇 瑠求 三嶼 馬八兒等國 Volume 210 Biographies 97: Foreign Peoples 3 - Myanmar, Champa, Siam, Java, Liuqiu, Batanes, Maba'erdengguo History of Yuan 元史 — count: 24
• 卷三百十一 列傳第一百九十九 四川土司一 Volume 311 Biographies 199: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 20
• 卷八　本紀第八:　世祖五 Volume 8 Annals 8: Shizu 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 20
• 卷一百〇二　列傳第四十:　僕散安貞 田琢 完顏弼 蒙古綱 必蘭阿魯帶 Volume 102 Biographies 40: Pusa Nanzhen, Tian Zuo, Wan Yanbi, Meng Gugang, Bilanaludai History of Jin 金史 — count: 18
• 第一百十九回 Chapter 119 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 18

Collocations

• 公子招 (公子招) 陳公子招 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 10
• 招招 (招招) 招招舟子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧匏有苦葉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Pao You Ku Ye — count: 8
• 弟招 (弟招) 陳侯之弟招 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 招虞 (招虞) 招虞人以弓 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 招杀 (招殺) 陳侯之弟招殺陳世子偃師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 司徒招 (司徒招) 屬諸司徒招與公子過 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 招贤 (招賢) 敬以招賢 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 3
• 招贤良 (招賢良) 招賢良 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 2
• 招近 (招近) 故招近募選 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 2
• 旁招 (旁招) 旁招俊乂 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 2