招呼
HSK 4 (2021)
招呼 (zhāohu) · to greet
招呼 (zhāohu) means “to greet; to call (to); to look after”. It is written with 2 characters: 招 (to summon) + 呼 (to breathe). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 招呼 is built
The characters
招 zhāo · to summon
What 招 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 召zhào — imperial decree
- 刀dāo — knife
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 刀dāo — knife
Origin hint: A call 召 to arms 扌; 召 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
呼 hū · to breathe
What 呼 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 乎hū — interrogative or exclamatory final particle
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Origin hint: 口 gives the meaning, 乎 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他向我打了个招呼。Tā xiàng wǒ dǎ le gè zhāohu.He said hello to me.
你招呼一下客人好吗？Nǐ zhāohu yīxià kèrén hǎo ma?Could you look after the guests?
Questions about 招呼
What does 招呼 mean?
招呼 (zhāohu) means “to greet; to call (to); to look after”.
How do you pronounce 招呼?
招呼 is pronounced zhāohu.
Which HSK level is 招呼?
招呼 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 打招呼dǎ zhāohuto greet
- 招聘zhāopìnto recruit
- 招待zhāodàito entertain (guests)
- 招标zhāobiāoto invite tenders
- 招收zhāoshōuto recruit
- 呼吸hūxīto breathe
- 称呼chēnghuto call
- 呼唤hūhuànto call
- 呼啸hūxiàoto whistle
- 呼吁hūyùto appeal
Learn 招呼 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.