招牌 meaning in English

zhāopai

signboard; shop sign

HSK 7-9noun20 strokes

Meaning of 招牌

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

招牌 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ也yě知zhī道dào,最zuì近jìn的de J-POP 实shí际jì上shàng并bìng没méi有yǒu很hěn多duō招zhāo牌pái歌gē曲qǔ。
Recent J-POP doesn't really have many signature songs, you know.
只zhǐ要yào换huàn上shàng不bù同tóng招zhāo牌pái,就jiù能néng成chéng为wéi各gè种zhǒng商shāng店diàn。
Only if you put up a different sign can you become a miscellany store.
让ràng我wǒ们men点diǎn龙lóng虾xiā!听tīng说shuō是shì这zhè里lǐ的de招zhāo牌pái菜cài。
Let’s order the lobster! I’ve heard that’s the specialty dish here.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

招 zhāo · to recruit · 8 strokes

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牌 pái · signboard · 12 strokes

  1. 1
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  9. 9
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  12. 12

Related words

Words that share a character with 招牌.

牌子páizisign; trademark
金牌jīnpáigold medal
银牌yínpáisilver medal
招呼zhāohuto call out to; to greet
名牌儿míngpáirerhua form of 名牌[ming2 pai2]
招手zhāoshǒuto wave; to beckon
招生zhāoshēngto enroll new students; to get students
品牌pǐnpáibrand; brand name
车牌chēpáivehicle license plate
打牌dǎpáito play mahjong or cards
招聘zhāopìnto invite applications for a job; to recruit
铜牌tóngpáibronze medal; bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc

Questions about 招牌

What does 招牌 mean?

招牌 (zhāopai) means "signboard; shop sign" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 招牌?

招牌 is made of 2 characters: 招 (8 strokes), 牌 (12 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 招牌 an HSK word?

Yes. 招牌 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.