# 招牌 (zhāopai)

In Mandarin Chinese, 招牌 (zhāopai) means “shop sign; signboard; signature dish or item”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shop sign; signboard; signature dish or item
- Pinyin: zhāopai (zhao1 pai5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 烤鸭是这家饭店的招牌菜。
  Kǎoyā shì zhè jiā fàndiàn de zhāopai cài.
  Roast duck is the signature dish of this restaurant.

## Characters

- [招](https://hanziro.com/word/zhao-recruit/) (zhāo): to recruit; move or trick
- [牌](https://hanziro.com/word/pai-sign/) (pái): sign; playing card

https://hanziro.com/word/zhao-pai-shop-sign/

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