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  • 1

    v.cry; shout

    • tā hài pà de dà jiào qǐ lai

      害怕起来

      She was frightened to scream.

    • xiǎo hái jiào tòng

      The child cried out in pain.

    • tā téng de jiào le qǐ lai

      起来

      He yelped in pain.

  • 2

    v.call; summon

    • wǒ qù jiào tā

      I'll go and call him.

    • tóng xué lǎo shī zài jiào nǐ

      同学老师

      Hi, my classmate, the teacher is calling you.

    • tīng wài miàn hǎo xiàng yǒu rén jiào nǐ

      外面好像有人

      Listen, sounds like someone is calling your name outside.

  • 3

    v.send for; hire

    • wǒ bāng nǐ jiào chū zū chē

      出租车

      I will help you to call a taxi.

    • wǒ jiào le liǎng bǎi jīn méi

      I ordered 200 jin of coal.

    • wǒ jiào ā yí dǎ sǎo yī xià fáng jiān

      阿姨打扫一下房间

      I asked the nursery maid to clean the room.

  • 4

    v.ask; order; bid

    • lǎo bǎn jiào chú shī zuò fàn

      老板厨师做饭

      The boss ordered the cook to prepare dinner.

    • dài fu jiào tā wò chuáng liǎng tiān

      大夫卧床

      The doctor ordered him to stay in bed for a couple of days.

    • jiào tā zǎo diǎn huí qu

      早点回去

      Ask him to go back a little earlier.

    synonym
  • 5

    v.permit; allow

    • shì shéi jiào tā zǎo zǒu de

      Who permitted their leaving early?

    • tā bù jiào qù wǒ bù qù

      If he doesn't let me go, I won't.

    • nǐ mā jiào nǐ zài wài bian dāi dào diǎn ma

      外边呆到10

      Does your mother permit you to stay at outside until 10 p.m.?

  • 6

    v.be called/known as

    • zhè dì fang jiào táo huā tún

      地方桃花

      This place was named Taohua Village.

    • wǒ jiào zhāng dōng nǐ jiào shén me míng zi

      张东什么名字

      My name is Zhang Dong. What's your name?

    • qǐng wèn nǐ jiào shén me míng zi

      请问什么名字

      Excuse me, may I have your name?

    synonym
  • 7

    prep.(used in a passive sentence to introduce the doer of the action)

    • tā de qián bāo jiào rén qiǎng zǒu le

      钱包

      He was robbed of his wallet.

    • jiào nǐ cāi duì le

      You've guessed right.

    • shū jiào rén gěi ná zǒu le

      拿走

      Someone took the book away.

  • 8

    adj.dialmale (animal)

    • jiào jī

      cock

Words and phrases with 叫

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Chinese Characters with pinyin jiào

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  • contrast; used to introduce the object of comparison
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  • sleep
  • check; compare