叫 (giu3 | jiao4) : called; be known as

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叫

giu3

jiao4

[1] [v] cry; shout; hail; scream [2] [v] be called; known as [3] [v] call; summon [4] [v] cause

Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

叫

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叫做 giu3 zou6 jiao4 zuo4 = to be called

叫作 giu3 zok3 = to be called 國

叫人 giu3 jan4 = address a person by title or relationship to you

叫好 giu3 hou2 jiao4 hao3 = applaud, cheer

叫聲 giu3 seng1 = sound (made by a live animal)

叫醒 giu3 seng2 jiao4 xing3 = to rouse, waken

呱呱叫 gwaa1 gwaa1 giu3 gua1 gua1 jiao4 = [粵] to complain noisily; [國] excellent; tip-top

尖叫 zim1 giu3 jian1 jiao4 = to shriek

叫喊 giu3 haam3 jiao4 han3 = to cry out; to yell; to shout; an outcry, an exclamation

叫喚 giu3 wun6 jiao4 huan5 = to cry out

叫嚷 giu3 joeng6 jiao4 rang3 = to shout out in disappointment or dissatisfaction

叫價 giu3 gaa3 = quote; asking price

叫價人 giu3 gaa3 jan4 = bidder

號叫 hou4 giu3 hao2 jiao4 = to shout; to howl

慘叫 caam2 giu3 can3 jiao4 = to give a blood-curdling scream or horrible shriek

呼叫 fu1 giu3 hu1 jiao4 = to shout; to yell

呼叫器 fu1 giu3 hei3 hu1 jiao4 qi4 = pager, beeper, BB call

呼叫聲 fu1 giu3 seng1 hu1 jiao4 sheng1 = whoop

叫餸 giu3 sung3 = order some dishes with rice 粵

叫囂 giu3 hiu1 jiao4 xiao1 = hoot

亂叫 lyun6 giu3 luan4 jiao4 = to inconsiderately shout

叫嘢食 giu3 je5 sik6 = order food 粵

叫姑娘 giu3 gu1 noeng4 = to visit prostitutes

叫床 giu3 cong4 jiao4 chuang2 = sounds of ecstasy made during sex

驢叫 leoi4 giu3 = heehaw, the braying sound made by a donkey

狗叫聲 gau2 giu3 seng1 = dog barking sound

嗡嗡叫 jung1 jung1 giu3 weng3 weng3 jiao4 = abuzz, buzz, drone

阿崩叫狗 aa3 bang1 giu3 gau2 = to not listen to others, to go one's way 粵

叫起手 giu3 hei2 sau2 jiao4 qi3 shou3 = when needed 粵

尖聲叫喊 zim1 sing1 giu3 haam3 jian1 sheng1 jiao4 han3 = to shriek

叫好不叫座 giu3 hou2 bat1 giu3 zo6 jiao4 hao3 bu4 jiao4 zuo4 = good on paper, but not a blockbuster

叫好叫座 giu3 hou2 giu3 zo6 jiao4 hao3 jiao4 zuo4 = a blockbuster

叫罵 giu3 maa6 jiao4 ma4 = shout curses

叫X扉 giu3 X fei1 jiao4 X fei1 = (mahjong) waiting for X tiles to win

叫對碰 giu3 deoi3 pung3 jiao4 dui4 peng4 = (mahjong) waiting to complete one of two triplets to win

叫牌 giu3 paai4*2 jiao4 pai2 = (mahjong) waiting to win

叫和 giu3 wu4*2 jiao4 hu2 = (mahjong) waiting to win

吠叫 fai6 giu3 fei4 jiao4 = to bark

叫天不應叫地不聞 giu3 tin1 bat1 jing3 giu1 dei6 bat1 man4 = nowhere to turn for help

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你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

我叫小明。
I am called Siu Ming.
[The alternative is 'I am Siu Ming' which is, in Cantonese, '我係小明。 ngo5 hai6 siu2 ming4']

請問你叫咩名？粵
May I know your name?

以後我點叫你哋呀? 粵
How can I order from your [restaurant] in the future?
[Lit. Afterwards I how order you-guys?]

我唔記得佢叫乜名。粵
I can't recall his name.

有時淨係叫坦克粵
Sometimes it's shortened to "tank".
[Lit. Have-times only call "tank". [坦克 is short for 坦克車.]]

天文學上叫佢做月球粵
In astronomy, it's called "月球" (i.e. the moon).
[上 here means "in the field of".]

有個叫平仔嘅學生起身粵
A student called Ping stood up.
[Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]

因為唔知底細，所以暫時叫佢紅鬼粵
Since we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now.
[Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost. ("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)]

邊個叫佢眼高手低吖；無論佢嘅目標有幾崇高，佢都冇能力去做嘅。粵
It's such a pity that no matter how big his aims are, he hasn't the ability to see them through.

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