HSK 6 · Money

招标 zhāobiāo “to invite tenders” in Chinese

Traditional 招標

What 招标 means

  1. to invite tenders
  2. to call for bids
  3. to invite bids

How to say 招标

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale招zhāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale标biāo1st tone, high and level

招标 in a sentence

  1. 学校正在为新图书馆的建设招标。

    Xuéxiào zhèngzài wèi xīn túshūguǎn de jiànshè zhāobiāo.

    The school is calling for tenders to build the new library.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个项目通过公开招标选择了公司。

    Zhè ge xiàngmù tōngguò gōngkāi zhāobiāo xuǎnzé le gōngsī.

    The company for this project was chosen through an open tender.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 招标 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 招 (zhāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
招zhāoto recruit
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 召imperial decree · zhào
The character 标 (biāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
标biāomark
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 示sign · shì

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with biāo.

How to write 招标

招 8 strokes · 标 9 strokes

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招标 (zhāobiāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 招标 (zhāobiāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 招标

Words with 招

招聘zhāopìn · to invite applications for a job打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello招待zhāodài · to hold a reception招收zhāoshōu · to recruit

Words with 标

标准biāozhǔn · standard标点biāodiǎn · punctuation鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)标志biāozhì · sign目标mùbiāo · target商标shāngbiāo · trademark标本biāoběn · specimen标题biāotí · title标记biāojì · mark指标zhǐbiāo · indicator

More words: Money & Economy

预算yùsuàn · budget攒zǎn · to save up赞助zànzhù · to sponsor债券zhàiquàn · bond (finance)征收zhēngshōu · to levy振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise支出zhīchū · expenditure周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover

FAQs

招标 (zhāobiāo) means “to invite tenders” or “to call for bids”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhāobiāo: zhāo with a 1st tone, then biāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 招标 is written 招標. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaobiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 招标 from the suggestions. Typing zhaobiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
招标 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.