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叫
呌
jiào
1. variant of [[叫<jiào>]]
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

叫
jiào
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
HSK 1 5 丶

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 (3)

我想快点儿吧照片发给大家，叫朋友们也高兴高兴。
wǒ xiǎng kuài diǎnr ba zhàopiàn fā gěi dàjiā, jiào péngyoumen yě gāoxìng gāoxìng.
I want to quickly send the photos to everyone, so my friends can be happy too.
Text 4
她就喜欢听她爸爸学鸟叫。哭的时候，只要她爸爸学小鸟叫，她马上就安静下来了。
Tā jiù xǐhuan tīng tā bàba xué niǎo jiào. Kū de shíhou, zhǐyào tā bàba xué xiǎo niǎo jiào, tā mǎshàng jiù ānjìng xià lái le.
She likes to listen to her dad imitate bird calls. When she cries, as long as her dad imitates a little bird's chirping, she calms down right away.
Text 3
她就喜欢听她爸爸学鸟叫。哭的时候，只要她爸爸学小鸟叫，她马上就安静下来了。
Tā jiù xǐhuan tīng tā bàba xué niǎo jiào. Kū de shíhou, zhǐyào tā bàba xué xiǎo niǎo jiào, tā mǎshàng jiù ānjìng xià lái le.
She likes to listen to her dad imitate bird calls. When she cries, as long as her dad imitates a little bird's chirping, she calms down right away.
Text 3

Alternate Entries

叫
jiào
to shout / to call / to order / to ask / to be called / by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
386
Word Frequency Rank
128 of 84,292