HSK 6 · Work

招收 zhāoshōu “to recruit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 招收 means

  1. to recruit
  2. to take in (students, staff)
  3. to hire

How to say 招收

  • 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收shōu1st tone, high and level

招收 in a sentence

  1. 这所学校今年招收了三百名新生。

    Zhè suǒ xuéxiào jīnnián zhāoshōu le sānbǎi míng xīnshēng.

    This school took in three hundred new students this year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这家公司正在招收新员工。

    Zhè jiā gōngsī zhèngzài zhāoshōu xīn yuángōng.

    This company is recruiting new staff.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 招收 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 收 (shōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
收shōuto receive
  • 丩to connect · jiūSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 丩 (jiū) hints at the sound. Compare it with shōu.

How to write 招收

招 8 strokes · 收 6 strokes

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

Words related to 招收

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招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders

Words with 收

收到shōudào · to receive收shōu · to receive收拾shōushi · to put in order收入shōurù · income吸收xīshōu · to absorb收据shōujù · receipt收获shōuhuò · harvest收藏shōucáng · to collect收缩shōusuō · to shrink验收yànshōu · to check and accept

More words: Work & Career

薪水xīnshui · salary验收yànshōu · to check and accept应酬yìngchou · to socialise渔民yúmín · fisherman整顿zhěngdùn · to rectify值班zhíbān · to be on duty致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to职能zhínéng · function

FAQs

招收 (zhāoshōu) means “to recruit” or “to take in (students, staff)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhāoshōu: zhāo with a 1st tone, then shōu with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 招收 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaoshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 招收 from the suggestions. Typing zhaoshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
招收 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.