Chinese word dictionary

扬召

yáng zhào · to flag down (a cab) on the street; to hail (a taxicab)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified扬召

Traditional揚召

Pinyinyáng zhào

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

扬yáng

to flutter, to wave; to hoist, to raise; to praise

召zhào

imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon

How to learn 扬召

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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表扬biǎoyáng

to praise; to commend

召开zhàokāi

to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together

号召hàozhào

to call; to appeal

得意扬扬déyì-yángyáng

variant of 得意洋洋[de2 yi4 yang2 yang2]

发扬fāyáng

to develop; to make full use of

发扬光大fāyáng-guāngdà

to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development