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): ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāohū → zhāohu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨ → 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

1. to greet
2. to call; to shout to
3. to instruct; to notify; to tell
4. 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)
• 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