招收 (zhāo shōu) — to hire, to recruit (employees or students) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

招收 is used by organizations (companies, schools, teams) to take in new members or students. Pairs more naturally than 招聘 with schools admitting students; 录用 focuses on the final hiring decision.

verb

to hireto recruit (employees or students)

Examples

招收。
Gōng sī zhèng zài zhāo shōu xīn yuán gōng.
The company is recruiting new employees.
招收。
Zhè suǒ dà xué jīn nián zhāo shōu le yì bǎi míng xué shēng.
This university enrolled 100 students this year.
招收。
Tā men jì huà míng nián zhāo shōu gèng duō rén cái.
They plan to recruit more talents next year.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

The 招 idea of calling candidates and the 收 idea of accepting them combine to mean recruit.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌召招

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

召

召zhào招zhāo

Same sound today

招 pairs 扌, the hand part, with 召, which gives the sound, to show beckoning with the hand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

丩

丩jiū收shōu

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

收 uses 攴 to show an action and 丩 as a sound clue; the old meaning was 'to arrest.'

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