HSK 4 · Work

招聘 zhāopìn “to invite applications for a job” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 招聘 means

  1. to invite applications for a job
  2. to recruit

How to say 招聘

  • 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聘pìn4th tone, falling

招聘 in a sentence

  1. 招聘服务员。

    Zhāopìn fúwùyuán.

    Waiters wanted.

    Sentence #1737894 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 招聘 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 聘 (pìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
聘pìnto employ; to appoint
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part
  • 甹chivalrous knight · pīngSound part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 甹 (pīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with pìn.

How to write 招聘

招 8 strokes · 聘 13 strokes

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

Words related to 招聘

Words with 招

打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello招待zhāodài · to hold a reception招收zhāoshōu · to recruit招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders

Words with 聘

应聘yìngpìn · to apply for a job

More words: School, Work & Culture

售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson现金xiànjīn · cash演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress应聘yìngpìn · to apply for a job职业zhíyè · occupation作家zuòjiā · writer表演biǎoyǎn · to perform法律fǎlǜ · law

FAQs

招聘 (zhāopìn) means “to invite applications for a job” or “to recruit”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhāopìn: zhāo with a 1st tone, then pìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 招聘 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaopin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 招聘 from the suggestions. Typing zhaopin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
招聘 is an HSK 4 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.