zhāo​shǒu HSK5

beckon

招手 zhāo​shǒu
beckon verb
to signal to someone with a movement of the hand to approach or follow

The teacher waved for me to come over.

wave verb
to move one's hand to and fro as a greeting or a way of saying goodbye

He waved to his friend outside the window.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.33 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.64 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 5

Sources

Definitions
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