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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
孩子眼中的世界是美丽和奇特的。有一本书叫《新十万个为什么》，现在卖得非常火。书里的内容都是儿童想知道的科学知识，相信你女儿一定喜欢读。
Háizi yǎnzhōng de shìjiè shì měilì hé qítè de.yǒu yī běn shū jiào《xīn shíwàn gè wèishénme》,xiànzài mài de fēicháng huǒ.shū lǐ de nèiróng dōu shì értóng xiǎng zhīdào de kēxuézhīshi,xiāngxìn nǐ nǚér yīdìng xǐhuān dú.
To a child, the world is a beautiful and wondrous place. There is a book called *The New 100,000 Whys* that is currently a huge bestseller. It covers scientific topics that children are curious about, and I'm sure your daughter would love reading it.
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
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 386
- Word Frequency Rank
- 128 of 84,292