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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.cry out; call; shout; hawk
你去吆喝几个人去搬行李。
You go and get some hands to carry the luggage.
离开的时候吆喝一声。
Give us a shout when it's time to leave.
你在楼下吆喝一声,我就下来。
Give me a shout from downstairs and I will be right down.
synonym
- 2
v.peddle; call aloud for sale
她第一次上街卖菜,不好意思吆喝。
This is the first time she went out selling vegetables, so she was too shy to cry out for customers.
听见小贩吆喝的声音
hear the sound of peddlers hawking their wares
卖什么,吆喝什么。
You sell what you advertise.
- 3
v.loudly urge on an animal; urge a draft animal on with shouts
就别吆喝了,让牲口换口气。
Stop shouting at the animal and give it a break.
我吆喝时马扬起了头。
The horse perked up its head when I shouted.
Word usage
- Reduplication"吆喝" can be reduplicated, for example: "吆吆喝喝".
小贩沿街吆吆喝喝地叫卖。
The vendor cried out for customers along the street.