jiào​hún

to summon a soul

Senses

叫魂 jiào​hún to summon a soul

to summon back the soul of a person (usually a child or someone sick or dying) through ritual calling, based on folk beliefs that illness or shock is caused by soul loss

叫魂 jiào​hún to call incessantly

(colloquial) to call someone's name repeatedly and annoyingly, often used in a rhetorical question to express irritation

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