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

This word has been viewed 19614 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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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
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 41 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 叫

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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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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