招
zhāo HSK4

beckon

招 zhāo
maneuver noun
a move in a game like chess, or a trick or strategic device

他这一招确实出乎意料。

tā zhè yī zhāo què​shí chū​hū​yì​liào.

This move of his was truly unexpected.

provoke verb
to incur or provoke something, often negative or troublesome

你别去招他，他这会儿正烦着呢。

nǐ bié qù zhāo tā, tā zhèi huì​r zhèng fán zhe ne.

Don't provoke him; he is annoyed right now.

recruit verb
to hire, enlist, or attract people to join a group or job

这家工厂最近正准备招一批新员工。

zhè jiā gōng​chǎng zuì​jìn zhèng zhǔn​bèi zhāo yī pī xīn yuán​gōng.

The factory is currently preparing to recruit a batch of new employees.

confess verb
to admit to a crime, mistake, or secret

在证据面前，他不得不招了。

zài zhèng​jù miàn​qián, tā bù​dé​bù zhāo le.

Faced with the evidence, he had to confess.

beckon verb
to wave or signal with the hand to call someone

他远远地向我招了招手。

tā yuǎn​yuǎn de xiàng wǒ zhāo le zhāo​shǒu.

He waved to me from a distance.

infect verb
to infect others or be contagious

这种病很招人，你要小心。

zhè zhǒng bìng hěn zhāo rén, nǐ yào xiǎo​xīn.

This illness is very contagious, so you need to be careful.

Frequency
Character
Written text
941st most common 178.9 per million
Movie subtitles
952nd most common 114.0 per million appears in 47% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.3 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
92.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62DB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)