Entertain in Chinese
to entertain · HSK 6
招待
- 招 to recruit
- 待 to wait
周末我要在家招待几个朋友。 This weekend I'm hosting a few friends at home.
Other ways to say entertain
More words with 招 or 待
How do you say entertain in Chinese?
Entertain in Chinese is 招待 (zhāo dài). You can also say 待 (dài), 娱乐 (yú lè).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
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