Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.cry; shout
她害怕得大叫起来。
She was frightened to scream.
小孩叫痛。
The child cried out in pain.
他疼得叫了起来。
He yelped in pain.
- 2
v.call; summon
我去叫他。
I'll go and call him.
同学,老师在叫你。
Hi, my classmate, the teacher is calling you.
听,外面好像有人叫你。
Listen, sounds like someone is calling your name outside.
- 3
v.send for; hire
我帮你叫出租车。
I will help you to call a taxi.
我叫了两百斤煤。
I ordered 200 jin of coal.
我叫阿姨打扫一下房间。
I asked the nursery maid to clean the room.
- 4
v.ask; order; bid
老板叫厨师做饭。
The boss ordered the cook to prepare dinner.
大夫叫他卧床两天。
The doctor ordered him to stay in bed for a couple of days.
叫他早点回去。
Ask him to go back a little earlier.
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- 5
v.permit; allow
是谁叫他早走的?
Who permitted their leaving early?
他不叫去,我不去。
If he doesn't let me go, I won't.
你妈叫你在外边呆到10点吗?
Does your mother permit you to stay at outside until 10 p.m.?
- 6
v.be called/known as
这地方叫桃花屯。
This place was named Taohua Village.
我叫张东,你叫什么名字?
My name is Zhang Dong. What's your name?
请问,你叫什么名字?
Excuse me, may I have your name?
synonym
- 7
prep.(used in a passive sentence to introduce the doer of the action)
他的钱包叫人抢走了。
He was robbed of his wallet.
叫你猜对了。
You've guessed right.
书叫人给拿走了。
Someone took the book away.
- 8
adj.dialmale (animal)
叫鸡
cock