招呼
zhāo hu
Pinyin

Definition

招呼
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zhāo hu
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
呼
hū
  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to cry
  3. 3 to shout
  4. 4 to breath out
  5. 5 to exhale
呼吸
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
呼呼
hū hū
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
招
zhāo
  1. 1 to recruit
  2. 2 to provoke
  3. 3 to beckon
  4. 4 to incur
  5. 5 to infect
  6. 6 contagious
  7. 7 a move (chess)
  8. 8 a maneuver
  9. 9 device
  10. 10 trick
  11. 11 to confess

Idioms (20)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来，挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call

Sample Sentences

看到阿姨要打招呼。
kàndào āyí yào dǎ zhāohu 。
You should say hello to your auntie when you see her.
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就是坐在你后面那个男的。我跟他打招呼，他没理我。
jiùshì zuò zài nǐ hòumian nà ge nán de 。wǒ gēn tā dǎ zhāohu ，tā méi lǐ wǒ 。
The guy that sits behind you. I said hello to him, but he ignored me.
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没错没错！就是他！看来现在跑到城里来做服装生意了。两年不见，都发福了。咱们过去跟他打个招呼吧！顺便看看有没有喜欢的衣服。
méicuò méicuò ！jiùshì tā ！kànlai xiànzài pǎodào chénglǐ lái zuò fúzhuāng shēngyì le 。liǎng nián bùjiàn ，dōu fāfú le 。zánmen guòqù gēn tā dǎ gè zhāohu ba ！shùnbiàn kànkan yǒu meiyǒu xǐhuan de yīfu 。
That's right! That's him! It looks like now he's come to the city to sell clothes. I haven't seen him in just two years and he's already eating well. Let's go over there and say hello! While we're at it, we can look and see whether or not we like any of the clothes.
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不会吧？！还好你警觉性高，知道打电话跟我确认一下。哎呀，不知道这个骗子有没有冒充我骗其他的朋友。我得赶快想办法跟QQ里的亲朋好友们打个招呼，提醒他们别掉进骗子的圈套里。
bùhuì ba ？！hái hǎo nǐ jǐngjuéxìng gāo ，zhīdào dǎ diànhuà gēn wǒ quèrèn yīxià 。āiyā ，bù zhīdào zhè ge piànzi yǒumeiyǒu màochōng wǒ piàn qítā de péngyou 。wǒ děi gǎnkuài xiǎng bànfǎ gēn QQ lǐ de qīnpénghǎoyǒumen dǎ gè zhāohu ，tíxǐng tāmen bié diào jìn piànzi de quāntào lǐ 。
No way! You were very cautious and knew to give me a call to check. Jeez, I wonder if this con-artist has pretended to be me and cheated my other friends. I should think of a way to talk to my close friends on QQ as soon as I can, and alert them not to fall for this con-artist's trap.
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第一课是打招呼。
dì yī kè shì dǎ zhāohu 。
The first lesson is saying hello.
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打招呼
dǎ zhāohu
to greet someone
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我都懒得跟你说。江涛现在有钱了，有一次我路过师大，看见他在校门口跟一个女生勾勾搭搭的，我都没好意思跟他打招呼。
wǒ dōu lǎnde gēn nǐ shuō 。Jiāngtāo xiànzài yǒu qián le ，yǒuyīcì wǒ lù guò shīdà ，kànjiàn tā zài xiào ménkǒu gēn yī gè nǚshēng gōugoudādā de ，wǒ dōu méi hǎoyìsi gēn tā dǎ zhāohu 。
I didn't see the point in telling you this. Jiang Tao is wealthy now. Once, when I was passing the university, I saw him at the campus entrance flirting with a girl. I couldn't bring myself to even say hello.
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胡老板，��好，您现在可是我们县响当当的农民企业家，跟观众们打声招呼吧。
Hú lǎobǎn ，nínhǎo ，nín xiànzài kěshì wǒmen xiàn xiǎngdāngdāng de nóngmín qǐyèjiā ，gēn guānzhòng men dǎshēngzhāohu ba 。
Boss Hu, hello! You are currently our county's outstanding countryside business leader. Say hello to our audience!
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第二天，巨人们起床了。小裁缝也起床了，还跟巨人们打招呼。巨人们以为小裁缝要报复他们，个个吓得屁滚尿流，赶紧跑了。小裁缝呢，继续往前走，去闯世界。
dì èr tiān ，jùrénmen qǐchuáng le 。xiǎo cáifeng yě qǐchuáng le ，hái gēn jùrénmen dǎ zhāohu 。jùrénmen yǐwéi xiǎo cáifeng yào bàofù tāmen ，gègè xiàde de pìgǔnniàoliú ，gǎnjǐn pǎo le 。xiǎo cáifeng ne ，jìxù wǎng qián zǒu ，qù chuǎng shìjiè 。
The next day, the giant wakes up. The little tailor also wakes up and says hello to the giants. The giants all think that the little tailor wants to take revenge against them. They are all scared out of their wits and quickly run away. As for the little tailor, he continues forward, off to wander the world.
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然后我跟你打招呼，你不理我。
ránhòu wǒ gēn nǐ dǎ zhāohu ，nǐ bù lǐ wǒ 。
I called out to you, but you ignored me.
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