叫

Han character

叫 (radical 30, 口+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 口女中 (RVL), four-corner 6400₀, composition ⿰口丩)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Pronunciation

Definitions

叫

1. to be called

   你叫什麼名字？ / 你叫什么名字？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?  ―  What is your name?

   • 這叫什麼？ / 这叫什么？  ―  Zhè jiào shénme?  ―  How do you call this? / What is it called?
2. to call; to name

   • 我們經常叫他的綽號。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们经常叫他的绰号。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒmen jīngcháng jiào tā de chuòhào. [Pinyin]

     We often call him by his nickname.

   • 我可以叫他戴夫嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
     我可以叫他戴夫吗？ [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ kěyǐ jiào tā Dàifū ma? [Pinyin]

     May I call him Dave?

3. to call (someone)

   叫警察  ―  jiào jǐngchá  ―  to call the police

   • 要是需要什麼，我就叫你。 [MSC, trad.]
     要是需要什么，我就叫你。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yàoshì xūyào shénme, wǒ jiù jiào nǐ. [Pinyin]

     I' ll call you if anything is needed.

4. to cry; to shout

   狗叫  ―  gǒujiào  ―  bark

   • 她高興地叫起來，投入了她母親的懷抱。 [MSC, trad.]
     她高兴地叫起来，投入了她母亲的怀抱。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā gāoxìng dì jiào qǐlái, tóurù le tā mǔqīn de huáibào. [Pinyin]

     With a cry of joy, she fell into her mother's arms.

5. to hail; to greet
6. to ask; to order
   • 叫他待在家裡。 / 叫他待在家里。  ―  Jiào tā dài zài jiālǐ.  ―  Ask her to stay home.

   • 醫生叫他休息幾天。 [MSC, trad.]
     医生叫他休息几天。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yīshēng jiào tā xiūxī jǐ tiān. [Pinyin]

     The doctor told him to lay off a couple of days.

7. to hire; to call (a taxi); to order (in a restaurant, in a shop)

   • 我給你叫什麼菜？肉排還是魚？ [MSC, trad.]
     我给你叫什么菜？肉排还是鱼？ [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ gěi nǐ jiào shénme cài? Ròupái háishì yú? [Pinyin]

     What shall I order for you? Steak or fish?

8. used in a passive sentence to introduce the agent; by

   • 莊稼叫大水沖走了。 [MSC, trad.]
     庄稼叫大水冲走了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhuāngjià jiào dàshuǐ chōng zǒu le. [Pinyin]

     The crops were washed away by the flood.

Compounds

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to shout, to scream
2. to clamor for or against something, to make an appeal for or against something

Hanja

叫 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, McCune–Reischauer kyu)

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Han character

叫 (khiếu, kêu, kíu)

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