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.
狗叫
bark
- 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.
叫警察
call the police
- 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.
叫菜
order dishes
- 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.
synonym
- 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.
你把窗户打开点,别叫煤气熏着。
Keep the window ajar so the gas does not poison you.
- 8
adj.dialmale (animal)
叫鸡
cock
Words and phrases with 叫
- 叫劲[word]same as 较劲
- 叫魂[word]call back the soul of the sick in order to cure them
- 叫驴[word]jackass
- 叫价[word]offer
- 叫牌[word]bid
- 叫阵[word]challenge the general of an opposite camp to battle
- 叫子[word]whistle
- 叫化子[word]same as 叫花子
- 叫座[word]appeal to the audience
- 叫苦不迭[idiom]pour out one's endless grievances
- 叫苦连天[idiom]complain to high heaven