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叫
jiào
1.
to shout
2.
to call
3.
to order
4.
to ask
5.
to be called
6.
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
乱叫
luànjiào
to inconsiderately shout
叫作
jiàozuò
to call
叫做
jiàozuò
to be called
叫喊
jiàohǎn
exclamation
叫唤
jiàohuan
to cry out
叫嚷
jiàorǎng
to shout
叫嚣
jiàoxiāo
to hoot
叫好
jiàohǎo
to applaud
叫屈
jiàoqū
to complain of an injustice
叫床
jiàochuáng
to moan (in bed)
叫春
jiàochūn
to caterwaul
叫板
jiàobǎn
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
叫牌
jiàopái
to bid (bridge and similar card games)
叫声
jiàoshēng
yelling (sound made by person)
叫苦
jiàokǔ
to whine about hardships
叫卖
jiàomài
to hawk (one's wares)
叫道
jiàodào
to call
叫醒
jiàoxǐng
to awaken
叫阵
jiàozhèn
to challenge an opponent to a fight
叫鸡
jiàojī
rooster
Example Sentences (10)
早上听新闻说明天有一个叫“地球一小时”的活动，你对这个活动了解吗？
Zǎoshàng tīng xīnwén shuō míngtiān yǒu yígè jiào "dìqiú yī xiǎoshí" de huódòng, nǐ duì zhège huódòng liǎojiě ma?
This morning I heard on the news that there will be an event called "Earth Hour" tomorrow, do you know about this event?
Text 3
我知道她的名字，她姓杨，叫杨笑笑，她姐姐是我同学。
Wǒ zhīdào tā de míngzi, tā xìng Yáng, jiào Yáng Xiàoxiào, tā jiějie shì wǒ tóngxué.
I know her name. Her last name is Yang, and she is called Yang Xiaoxiao. Her older sister is my classmate.
Text 2
你打错了，我们这儿没有叫张欢的。
Nǐ dǎ cuò le, wǒmen zhèr méiyǒu jiào Zhāng Huān de.
You called the wrong number. There's no one named Zhang Huan here.
Text 1
没事，我出去叫辆出租车就行了。
Méishì, wǒ chūqù jiào liàng chūzūchē jiù xíng le.
It's fine, I'll go out and get a taxi.
Text 3
她叫王方，在医院工作。
Tā jiào Wáng Fāng, zài yīyuàn gōngzuò.
Her name is Wang Fang, and she works at a hospital.
Text 2
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 386
- Word Frequency Rank
- 128 of 84,292