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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)
叫板
jiàobǎn
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
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
叫响
jiàoxiǎng
to gain fame and success
叫驴
jiàolǘ
(coll.) male donkey
名叫
míngjiào
called
吠叫
fèijiào
to bark
吼叫
hǒujiào
to howl
呼叫
hūjiào
to shout
喊叫
hǎnjiào
to cry out
嗥叫
háojiào
to growl
嘶叫
sījiào
to whinny (of a horse)
尖叫
jiānjiào
to screech
惨叫
cǎnjiào
to scream
惊叫
jīngjiào
to cry out in fear
Example Sentences (10)
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
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
她是我的汉语老师。她叫李月。
Tā shì wǒ de Hànyǔ lǎoshī.Tā jiào Lǐ Yuè.
She is my Chinese teacher. Her name is Li Yue.
Text 1
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
后面那个人呢？他叫什么名字？
hòumiàn nà ge rén ne? tā jiào shénme míngzi?
What about the person in the back? What's his name?
Text 2
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 386
- Word Frequency Rank
- 128 of 84,292