邀
HSK 7freq #6695
Meanings
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- 1.to invite
- 2.to request
- 3.to intercept
- 4.to solicit
- 5.to seek
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Wiktionary
- 1.to invite; to welcome
- 2.to intercept; to block
- 3.to await the arrival of and welcome
- 4.to solicit; to seek
- 5.to meet; to intercept
- 6.and
- 7.to lead; to bring (someone)
- 8.to give birth to
- 9.to look after (someone); to take care of
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qlew, *kleːw): semantic 辶 + phonetic 敫 (OC *kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ). Note similarities with Burmese ကြို (krui, “to meet and welcome someone”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
感謝您的邀請。
Thank you for your invitation.
誰邀請了你們？
Who invited you guys?
謝謝你邀請我。
Thank you for inviting me.
他邀請我吃晚飯。
He invited me to dinner.
我接受了她的邀請。
I accepted her invitation.
我朋友邀我共赴晚餐。
My friends invited me to dinner.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
邀请 to invite特邀 special invitation应邀 at sb's invitation邀击 to intercept邀功 to take the credit for sb's achievement邀集 to invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering)邀约 to invite; an invitation诚邀 we warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc)邀宴 to invite sb to a banquet邀请函 invitation letter邀请赛 invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)邀买人心 to buy popular support