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ziuˉ¹招
Pinyin: zhao1
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nountrick; device; move
nounrecruit; enlist; enrol
nounconfess; admit; own up
nouna Chinese surname
nounattract; incur; provoke
nounbeckon; gesture; call upon
nounmovement in martial art
ziuˉ¹招ping˗₃聘gungˉ¹公siˉ¹司
Pinyin: zhao1 pin4 gong1 si1
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nounpersonnel recruiting company; headhunter (slang)
satˉ¹失matˍ₆物ziuˉ¹招lengˏ₅領
简 失物招领
Pinyin: shi1 wu4 zhao1 ling3
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noun(department for) lost and found
ziuˉ¹招sou˗₃數
简 招数
Pinyin: zhao1 shu4
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nounstrategic move; trick; physical movements
ziuˉ¹招loiˎ₄徠
简 招徕
Pinyin: zhao1 lai2
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nounsolicit; lure; tout; attract; appeal to
noun(verb) Attract
ziuˉ¹招paaiˎ₄牌coi˗₃菜
Pinyin: zhao1 pai2 cai4
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nouna recommended specialty of a restaurant
gamˉ¹金catˉ¹漆ziuˉ¹招paaiˎ₄牌
Pinyin: jin1 qi1 zhao1 pai2
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noungold-plated sign; good reputation
ziuˉ¹招fuˉ¹呼mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到
Pinyin: zhao1 hu5 wu2 dao4
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noun招呼不周
nounSorry for not being attentive enough!
nouncannot provide good hospitality, a polite expression used by the host
ziuˉ¹招gungˉ¹供
Pinyin: zhao1 gong4
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nounconfession, [v] to confess
ziuˉ¹招jiuˎ₄搖zongˍ₆撞pin˗₃騙
简 招摇撞骗
Pinyin: zhao4 yao2 zhuang4 pian4
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nounswagger about swindling people
nounto bluff; to go around scamming people
gin˗₃見ziuˉ¹招caak˗₃拆ziu˗₃招
简 见招拆招
Pinyin: jian4 zhao1 chai1 zhao1
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nounto deal with an opponents moves one by one with counter moves
ziuˉ¹招doiˍ₆待jyunˎ₄員
简 招待员
Pinyin: zhao1 dai4 yuan2
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nounreceptionist; attendant; usher; greeter
faaˉ¹花ziuˉ¹招
Pinyin: hua1 zhao1
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nountrick; game; stratagem
nounshowy movement; flashy technique
ziuˉ¹招doiˍ₆待soˊ²所
Pinyin: zhao1 dai4 suo3
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nounguest house; small hotel
ziuˉ¹招jiuˎ₄搖
简 招摇
Pinyin: zhao1 yao2
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nounact ostentatiously
batˉ¹不daaˊ²打ziˍ₆自ziuˉ¹招
Pinyin: bu4 da3 zi4 zhao1
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nounFreudian slip; give oneself away; betray oneself unintentionally
ziuˉ¹招coiˎ₄財maauˉ¹貓
简 招财猫
Pinyin: zhao1 cai2 mao1
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nounfortune cat
ziuˉ¹招zi˗₃致
Pinyin: zhao1 zhi4
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nounincur; lead to
noun(verb) Beget
caak˗₃拆ziuˉ¹招paaiˎ₄牌
Pinyin: chai1 zhao1 pai5
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nounto ruin a business owner's reputation by complaining (lit., "split the signboard")
nounlit. to remove one's signboard, meaning to destroy one's good reputation
ziuˉ¹招guˊ²股soengˏ₅上siˏ₅市
Pinyin: zhao1 gu3 shang4 shi4
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nounIPO; initial public offering
nouninitial public offering (IPO); stock market launch
gei˗₃記zeˊ²者ziuˉ¹招doiˍ₆待wuiˊ²會
简 记者招待会
Pinyin: ji4 zhe3 zhao1 dai4 hui4
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nounpress conference
ziuˉ¹招bingˉ¹兵
Pinyin: zhao1 bing1
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nounto recruit soldiers
ziuˉ¹招soengˉ¹商
Pinyin: zhao1 shang1
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nounfunding / investment promotion
nounto seek investment
laaˏ₅揦zaaˊ²鮓ziuˉ¹招
简 揦鲊招
Pinyin: la2 zha3 zhao1
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noundirty trick
ziuˉ¹招ping˗₃聘
Pinyin: zhao1 pin4
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nounjob vacancies; situation vacant; hiring