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叫

jiào

cry, shout; hail, greet, call

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Example sentences

  • 他大叫。

    Tā dà jiào

    He yelled.

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  • 我叫了你。

    Wǒ jiào le nǐ

    I called you.

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  • 你叫他来！

    Nǐ jiào tā lái

    You call him over!

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  • 你叫什么？

    N ji o sh nme

    What is your name?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 叫

  • 叫jiào 4to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
  • 叫作jiào zuò 4–4 to call; to be called
  • 叫好jiào hǎo 4–3 to applaud; to cheer
  • 叫板jiào bǎn 4–3 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge