邀 (yāo): to invite, to request, to intercept
邀 (yāo) is a Chinese character meaning “to invite.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 敫 (phonetic). It ranks #1837 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 邀 foot. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to invite
- to request
- to intercept
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 邀
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邀请函 | yāo qǐng hán | invitation letter |
| 特邀 | tè yāo | special invitation |
| 应邀 | yìng yāo | at sb's invitation |
| 邀功 | yāo gōng | to take the credit for sb's achievement |
| 邀请赛 | yāo qǐng sài | invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms) |
| 诚邀 | chéng yāo | we warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc) |
| 邀买人心 | yāo mǎi rén xīn | to buy popular support |
| 邀集 | yāo jí | to invite a group of people (to assemble for a gathering) |
| 邀约 | yāo yuē | to invite |
| 邀击 | yāo jī | to intercept |
| 邀宴 | yāo yàn | to invite sb to a banquet |
邀 appears in 12 compound words: 75 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 邀 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
邀字由16笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
yāo zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "邀" consists of 16 strokes and features a remarkably ingenious structure.
美众议院议长强生 邀黎智英女儿出席国情咨文演说
měi zhòng yì yuàn yì cháng qiáng shēng yāo lí zhì yīng nǚ ér chū xí guó qíng zī wén yǎn shuō
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Johnson invited Jimmy Lai's daughter to attend the State of the Union address
麦当劳义工队夥明爱邀基层家庭访启德 欣赏新春花车共度佳节
mài dāng láo yì gōng duì 夥 míng ài yāo jī céng jiā tíng fǎng qǐ dé xīn shǎng xīn chūn huā chē gòng dù jiā jié
McDonald's Volunteer Team and Caritas invite grassroots families to visit Kai Tak to enjoy the Lunar New Year floats together
拚民进党新北初选出线 蔡美华邀桃园2绿议员汐止扫街
拚 mín jìn dǎng xīn běi chū xuǎn chū xiàn 蔡 měi huá yāo táo yuán 2 lǜ yì yuán 汐 zhǐ sǎo jiē
Fighting for the DPP's New Taipei primary election line, Cai Meihua invited Taoyuan 2 green councilors Xizhi to sweep the streets
227办第二届“熊山音乐会” 郭子毅诚邀民众户外音乐会
2 2 7 bàn dì èr jiè xióng shān yīn lè huì guō zǐ yì chéng yāo mín zhòng hù wài yīn lè huì
227 held the second "Bear Mountain Concert" Guo Ziyi sincerely invited the public to hold an outdoor concert
回应法国质疑 欧委会称受邀参加“和平委员会”会议是..
huí yīng fǎ guó zhì yí ōu wěi huì chèn shòu yāo cān jiā hé píng wěi yuán huì huì yì shì . .
In response to France's doubts, the European Commission said that the invitation to the meeting of the "Peace Commission" was:
林肯总统接受了邀请。
Línkěn zǒngtǒng jiēshòu le yāoqǐng.
President Lincoln accepted the invitation.
你也邀请你的朋友了吗？
Nǐ yě yāoqǐng nǐ de péngyou le ma?
You've invited your friends as well?
你邀请她来这里过圣诞节了吗？
Nǐ yāoqǐng tā lái zhèlǐ guo Shèngdànjié le ma?
Did you invite her to spend Christmas here?
你给多少人发了邀请函？
Nǐ gěi duōshao rén fā le yāoqǐnghán?
How many people did you send invitations to?
Character Family
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