ziu1 sang1招生
Jyutpingziu1 sang1
Yalejīu sāng
Definition
To recruit or enroll new students.
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How it's used
Focuses on the institutional process of accepting new applicants rather than the individual act of applying. It is almost exclusively used in formal contexts like school announcements or advertisements, even though it is a common verb. You will often see it paired with specific academic levels or programs to clarify who is being targeted.
Examples
That school has started recruiting students this year.
Do you know when they are recruiting students?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 報名, which is the action taken by the student or parent to apply. 招生 is the action taken by the institution to open up spots for new intakes.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
