招呼

zhāo hū

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

招呼 (zhāo hū) is a Chinese word meaning “to call out to”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to call out to
  2. to greet
  3. to say hello to
  4. to inform
  5. to take care of
  6. to take care that one does not

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Example

看到鄰居,他熱情地打招呼。

Seeing his neighbor, he greeted warmly.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).