招呼

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
simp. and trad. (招呼)		招	呼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāohū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ fu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chêu-fû
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chio-ho͘ / chiau-ho͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāohū → zhāohu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄏㄨ → ㄓㄠ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaohů
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹-hu⁵
  - Yale: jāu-hu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau.hu
  - Palladius: чжаоху (čžaoxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ fu¹
  - Yale: jīu fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ fu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ fu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu´ fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹ fu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-ho͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-hoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioi'hof
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³ hɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-ho͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau-hoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'hof
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siau⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau³³ hɔ³³/

Verb

招呼

to greet
to call; to shout to
to instruct; to notify; to tell
to look after; to take care of; to care for; to attend to

Synonyms

(to greet):

咨問／咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
問／问 (wèn) (literary, or in compounds)
問候／问候 (wènhòu)
問好／问好 (wènhǎo)
問安／问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
問訊／问讯 (wènxùn)
打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
拍招呼 (Hokkien)
相借問／相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
請安／请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
起居 (qǐjū) (historical)

(to call on):

傳召／传召 (chuánzhào)
傳喚／传唤 (chuánhuàn)
召喚／召唤 (zhàohuàn)
吆喝 (colloquial)
呼叫 (hūjiào)
呼喚／呼唤 (hūhuàn)
喊 (hǎn)

(to give instructions to):

交代 (jiāodài)
交帶／交带 (gaau¹ daai³) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
付囑／付嘱 (fùzhǔ) (obsolete)
叮嚀／叮咛 (dīngníng)
叮囑／叮嘱 (dīngzhǔ)
吩咐 (fēnfù)
囑咐／嘱咐 (zhǔfù)
讓／让 (ràng)

(to look after):

呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
帶量／带量 (dàiliàng) (literary)
照應／照应 (zhàoying)
照拂 (zhàofú)
照料 (zhàoliào)
照理 (zhàolǐ) (literary)
照看 (zhàokàn)
照管 (zhàoguǎn)
照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
理論／理论 (lǐlùn) (obsolete)
看管 (kānguǎn)
觀顧／观顾 (Hokkien)
調理／调理 (tiáolǐ)
關照／关照 (guānzhào)

Derived terms

打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
招呼站