Chinese word dictionary

招抚

zhāo fǔ · to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty; to bring to negotiated surrender

Practice word

Word information

Simplified招抚

Traditional招撫

Pinyinzhāo fǔ

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.

招zhāo

to summon; to recruit; to levy

抚fǔ

to pat, to console; to stroke, to caress

How to learn 招抚

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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打招呼dǎzhāohu

to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice

招聘zhāopìn

to invite applications for a job; to recruit

招zhāo

to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess

招待zhāodài

to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)

招生zhāoshēng

to enroll new students; to get students

招手zhāoshǒu

to wave; to beckon