招
牌

Signboard in Chinese: 招牌 (zhāo pai)

zhāo pai

signboard

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1signboard
  2. 2shop sign
  3. 3reputation of a business

Stroke order

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招
牌

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ㄓㄠ

zhāo

ㄓ/ zhㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

˙ㄆㄞ

pai

˙/ neutral toneㄆ/ pㄞ/ ai

Example sentences

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  • 那家饭馆的招牌很大很亮。

    nà jiā fàn guǎn de zhāo pai hěn dà hěn liàng。

    That restaurant's signboard is big and bright.

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Related words

牌

pái

mahjong tile

招

zhāo

to recruit

招聘

zhāo pìn

to invite applications for a job

名牌

míng pái

famous brand

招待

zhāo dài

to hold a reception

金牌

jīn pái

gold medal

牌子

pái zi

sign

银牌

yín pái

silver medal

招呼

zhāo hu

to call out to

招生

zhāo shēng

to enroll new students

招手

zhāo shǒu

to wave

车牌

chē pái

license plate

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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