招聘

Chinese

		provoke; to recruit	betrothed; engage (teacher); hire
trad. (招聘)		招	聘
simp. ^#(招聘)		招	聘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāopìn, zhāopìng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠㄆㄧㄣˋ, ㄓㄠㄆㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu¹ ping³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chio-phèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziao¹ pêng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāopìn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄆㄧㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaopìn
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹-pʻin⁴
  - Yale: jāu-pìn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaupinn
  - Palladius: чжаопинь (čžaopinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰin⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāopìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠㄆㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhaopìng
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹-pʻing⁴
  - Yale: jāu-pìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaupinq
  - Palladius: чжаопин (čžaopin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ziu¹ ping³
  - Yale: jīu ping
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dziu¹ ping³
  - Guangdong Romanization: jiu¹ ping³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pʰɪŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chio-phèng
  - Tâi-lô: tsio-phìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioiphexng
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio³³ pʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻³³ pʰiɪŋ¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁴⁴⁻²² pʰiɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziao¹ pêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiau phèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siau³³⁻²³ pʰeŋ²¹³/

Verb

招聘

to invite applications for a job; to recruit; to advertise a position

Usage notes

When referring to recruiting students, 招收 (zhāoshōu) or 招生 (zhāoshēng) is used instead.

Synonyms

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徵聘 / 征聘 (zhēngpìn)
招
招募 (zhāomù)
招工 (zhāogōng) (to recruit workers)
招收 (zhāoshōu)
招納 / 招纳 (zhāonà)
招考 (zhāokǎo) (to admit by examination)

Derived terms

招聘會 / 招聘会 (zhāopìnhuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
招	聘
しょう Grade: 5	へい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

招(しょう)聘(へい) • (shōhei)

courteous invitation

Verb

招(しょう)聘(へい)する • (shōhei suru) suru (stem 招(しょう)聘(へい)し (shōhei shi), past 招(しょう)聘(へい)した (shōhei shita))

to invite
- 2025 July 21, “ロシア侵攻の苦しみを聴覚障害者が体現　ウクライナの劇団が名古屋で公演”, in 中日新聞 [Chunichi Shimbun], 朝刊（市民版） [Nagoya morning] edition, number 29680, page 10:
  困難な状況にある同劇団を応援しようと、国内の聴覚障害者らのグループ「ウクライナろう者交流プロジェクト」が招聘(しょうへい)、企画。
  Konnan na jōkyō ni aru dōgekidan o ōen shiyō to, kokunai no chōkaku shōgaisha-ra no gurūpu “Ukuraina rōsha kōryū purojekuto” ga shōhei, kikaku.
  The event was invited and planned by the Ukraine Deaf Exchange Project, a domestic organization of hearing-impaired people, in an effort to support the theater company in its difficult situation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "招聘する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	招聘し	しょうへいし	shōhei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	招聘し	しょうへいし	shōhei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	招聘する	しょうへいする	shōhei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	招聘する	しょうへいする	shōhei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	招聘すれ	しょうへいすれ	shōhei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	招聘せよ¹ 招聘しろ²	しょうへいせよ¹ しょうへいしろ²	shōhei seyo¹ shōhei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	招聘される	しょうへいされる	shōhei sareru
Causative	招聘させる招聘さす	しょうへいさせるしょうへいさす	shōhei saseru shōhei sasu
Potential	招聘できる	しょうへいできる	shōhei dekiru
Volitional	招聘しよう	しょうへいしよう	shōhei shiyō
Negative	招聘しない	しょうへいしない	shōhei shinai
Negative continuative	招聘せず	しょうへいせず	shōhei sezu
Formal	招聘します	しょうへいします	shōhei shimasu
Perfective	招聘した	しょうへいした	shōhei shita
Conjunctive	招聘して	しょうへいして	shōhei shite
Hypothetical conditional	招聘すれば	しょうへいすれば	shōhei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“招^▲聘”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026