jiào hào

叫 号

Level:

SW HSK 4

ReadWriteQuiz

1
v.call a number; call out a number in a series
- tā zuò zài zhěn shì wài děng zhe yī shēng jiào hào
  她坐在诊室外，等着医生叫号。
  She sat outside the treatment room, waiting for her number to be called.
- zhè shì děng hòu jiào hào dān
  这是等候叫号单。
  This is your waiting-to-be-called note.
- nǐ kě yǐ zài zhè lǐ zuò zhe děng jiào hào
  你可以在这里坐着等叫号。
  You can sit over there and wait for your turn.
2
v.dialchant a work song; sing a work song to synchronize movements, with one person leading
- xiǎo huǒ zi men jiào hào bǎ dà mù tou tái qǐ lái
  小伙子们叫号把大木头抬起来。
  The guys were singing a work song while they lifted up a huge log.
3
v.dialchallenge; provoke by words
- tā jiǎn zhí shì zài jiào hào
  他简直是在叫号。
  He's simply trying to provoke us.
- béng jiào hào zhè nán bù dǎo tā
  甭叫号，这难不倒他。
  Giving up on challenging him, he's hard to beat.

Separable word
"叫" and "号" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 现在叫到多少号了？
  Which number is called out now?
- 我们已经被叫过号了。
  We've already been called out our numbers.
- 前台叫了我们的号。
  The front desk called out our numbers.

叫号