zhāo

招 (zhāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to recruit; to provoke; to beckon”.

Meanings

  1. 1to recruit
  2. 2to provoke
  3. 3to beckon
  4. 4to incur
  5. 5to infect
  6. 6contagious
  7. 7a move (chess)
  8. 8a maneuver
  9. 9device
  10. 10trick
  11. 11to confess
Part of speech
verb

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