zhāo
招 (zhāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to recruit; to provoke; to beckon”.
Meanings
- 1to recruit
- 2to provoke
- 3to beckon
- 4to incur
- 5to infect
- 6contagious
- 7a move (chess)
- 8a maneuver
- 9device
- 10trick
- 11to confess
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
招呼to call out to招待to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)打招呼to greet sb by word or action招供to confess招募to recruit招待会a reception招牌signboard花招trick耍花招to play tricks on sb招惹to court (trouble); to attract (attention)招数move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)招聘to invite applications for a job