HSK 5 · Verbs

招待 zhāodài “to hold a reception” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 招待 means

  1. to hold a reception
  2. to offer hospitality
  3. to entertain (guests)
  4. to serve (customers)

How to say 招待

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale待dài4th tone, falling

招待 in a sentence

  1. 这种饮料是免费招待的。

    Zhè zhǒng yǐnliào shì miǎnfèi zhāodài de.

    This drink is on the house.

    Sentence #788775 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他们昨晚设宴招待了我们。

    Tāmen zuówǎn shèyàn zhāodài le wǒmen.

    They held a dinner for us last night.

    Sentence #510710 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 招待 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 待 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
待dàito wait
  • 彳step · chì
  • 寺court · sì

How to write 招待

招 8 strokes · 待 9 strokes

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

Words related to 招待

Words with 招

招聘zhāopìn · to invite applications for a job打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello招收zhāoshōu · to recruit招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders

Words with 待

待dāi · to stay接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)等待děngdài · to wait对待duìdài · to treat期待qīdài · to look forward to待遇dàiyù · treatment看待kàndài · to regard款待kuǎndài · to entertain (guests)亏待kuīdài · to treat unfairly虐待nüèdài · to abuse

More words: Common Verbs

占zhàn · to occupy粘贴zhāntiē · to paste展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold掌握zhǎngwò · to master着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire召开zhàokāi · to convene (a conference or meeting)针对zhēnduì · to target振动zhèndòng · to vibrate

FAQs

招待 (zhāodài) means “to hold a reception” or “to offer hospitality”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhāodài: zhāo with a 1st tone, then dài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 招待 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaodai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 招待 from the suggestions. Typing zhaodai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
招待 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.