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招呼

招呼

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
simp. and trad. (招呼)		招	呼

Verb

招呼

to greet
to call on; to tell

Derived terms

打招呼 (dǎzhāohū)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhāohū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ fu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chêu-fû
Min Nan (POJ): chio-ho͘ / chiau-ho͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhāohū → zhāohu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄏㄨ → ㄓㄠㄏㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau.hu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ fu¹
  - Yale: jīu fū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ fu¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu-fû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zeu´ fu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹ fu¹
  - IPA: /t͡se̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-ho͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-hoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioi'hof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiau-ho͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiau-hoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciau'hof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ³³ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/