Read Edit View history 呌 jiào HSK1 to call Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 叫 jiào variant 呌 to order verb to ask or order someone to do something 谁叫你问这些问题的？ shéi jiào nǐ wèn zhèxiē wèntí de? Who told you to ask these questions? 她叫他马上离开房间。 tā jiào tā mǎshàng lí kāi fángjiān. She told him to leave the room immediately. to call verb to call; to address; to be named 你不会叫她妈妈对吧？ nǐ bùhuì jiào tā māma duì ba? You won't call her Mom, right? 医院叫什么名字？ yīyuàn jiào shénme míngzi? What is the name of the hospital? to shout verb to shout; to cry out; to yell 让我出去，否则我就要叫了。 ràng wǒ chū qù, fǒuzé wǒ jiù yào jiào le. Let me out or I'll scream. to summon verb to summon; to call for; to hire; to order food or a taxi 我要叫警察吗？ wǒ yào jiào jǐngchá ma? Shall I call the police? 我们为什么不叫医生？ wǒmen wèishénme bù jiào yīshēng? Why don't we call a doctor? to sound verb to make a sound (of animals or certain objects like alarms) 附近有狗在叫。 fùjìn yǒu gǒu zài jiào. There's a dog close by barking. to make verb to cause; to make; to let (someone feel or do something) 你怎么能叫我不哭？ nǐ zěnme néng jiào wǒ bù kū? How can you tell me not to cry? [passive] verb Used in passive sentences to introduce the person or thing that performs the action. 警察被叫来进行干预。 jǐngchá bèi jiào lái jìnxíng gānyù. The police were called to intervene. male (bound form) (colloquial) male (of certain farm animals) Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1032.8 per million appears in 94% of films Written text 376.0 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 1HSK 3.0 Level 1 Strokes 7 Unicode U+544C Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
叫 jiào variant 呌 to order verb to ask or order someone to do something 谁叫你问这些问题的？ shéi jiào nǐ wèn zhèxiē wèntí de? Who told you to ask these questions? 她叫他马上离开房间。 tā jiào tā mǎshàng lí kāi fángjiān. She told him to leave the room immediately. to call verb to call; to address; to be named 你不会叫她妈妈对吧？ nǐ bùhuì jiào tā māma duì ba? You won't call her Mom, right? 医院叫什么名字？ yīyuàn jiào shénme míngzi? What is the name of the hospital? to shout verb to shout; to cry out; to yell 让我出去，否则我就要叫了。 ràng wǒ chū qù, fǒuzé wǒ jiù yào jiào le. Let me out or I'll scream. to summon verb to summon; to call for; to hire; to order food or a taxi 我要叫警察吗？ wǒ yào jiào jǐngchá ma? Shall I call the police? 我们为什么不叫医生？ wǒmen wèishénme bù jiào yīshēng? Why don't we call a doctor? to sound verb to make a sound (of animals or certain objects like alarms) 附近有狗在叫。 fùjìn yǒu gǒu zài jiào. There's a dog close by barking. to make verb to cause; to make; to let (someone feel or do something) 你怎么能叫我不哭？ nǐ zěnme néng jiào wǒ bù kū? How can you tell me not to cry? [passive] verb Used in passive sentences to introduce the person or thing that performs the action. 警察被叫来进行干预。 jǐngchá bèi jiào lái jìnxíng gānyù. The police were called to intervene. male (bound form) (colloquial) male (of certain farm animals) Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions