zimai字脈
LookupMandarin · 繁體 · English
Mandarin–English · CC-CEDICTSources ↗
DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

招呼

Mandarin · pinyin zhāo hu

Meanings

  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
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

招
zhāo · beckon, summon; recruit, levy
呼
hū · breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Entries containing 招呼 ↗Words written with 招 ↗Words written with 呼 ↗

Mandarin tones

1–5 · zhao1 hu5

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

招呼 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ziu1 fu1

Cantonese word readings for 招呼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb

  1. to greet; to hail; to say hello to
  2. to call; to shout to
  3. to instruct; to notify; to tell
  4. (dialectal) to look after; to take care of; to care for; to attend to

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack