邀 meaning in English

yāo

to invite; to request

HSK 7-9verb16 strokes

Meaning of 邀

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yāo
  1. to invite
  2. to request
  3. to intercept
  4. to solicit
  5. to seek

邀 in example sentences

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

他tā没méi有yǒu接jiē受shòu他tā们men的de邀yāo请qǐng。
He did not accept their invitation.
我wǒ邀yāo请qǐng了le他tā们men参cān加jiā派pài对duì。
I invited them to the party.
我wǒ邀yāo请qǐng了le肯kěn,比bǐ尔ěr和hé由yóu美měi。
I invited Ken, Bill and Yumi.
我wǒ邀yāo请qǐng我wǒ的de朋péng友yǒu吃chī晚wǎn餐cān。
I invited my friends to dinner.
我wǒ被bèi邀yāo请qǐng去qù幸xìng子zi的de派pài对duì。
I was invited to Sachiko's party.

Stroke order for each character

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

邀 yāo · to invite · 16 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16

Related words

Words that share a character with 邀.

邀请yāoqǐngto invite; invitation
特邀tèyāospecial invitation
应邀yìngyāoat sb's invitation; on invitation
邀请函yāoqǐngháninvitation letter

Questions about 邀

What does 邀 mean?

邀 (yāo) means "to invite; to request" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 邀?

邀 is made of 1 character: 邀 (16 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 邀 an HSK word?

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