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jiào

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jiào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiào | jiao4
English translation
to shout
to call
to order
to ask
to be called
by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
variant of jiào [jiào]
cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail

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About jiào

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

jiào

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of jiào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口丩

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

jiū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and jiū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiào

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jiào 哈里 Hā lǐ kuài xiē .

Tell Harry to get a move on.

zhǐ xiǎng 大声 dà shēng jiào 一阵 yī zhèn , jiào 自己 zìjǐ 快要 kuài yào biē 透不过气 lái le .

He wanted to shout; he was suffocating.

jiào de 外号 wài hào .

She called me by my nickname.

gěi jiào le liàng 出租车 chūzūchē .

She hailed a taxi for him.

鞭子 biān zi xiǎng ,猎狗 liè gǒu 发出 fā chū 一阵 yī zhèn háo jiào .

A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.

Words with jiào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiào to shout jiào
叫做 jiào zuò to be called叫做 jiào zuò
尖叫 jiān jiào to screech尖叫 jiān jiào
呼叫 hū jiào to shout呼叫 hū jiào
名叫 míng jiào called名叫 míng jiào
叫醒 jiào xǐng to awaken叫醒 jiào xǐng
叫声 jiào shēng barking叫聲
叫嚣 jiào xiāo to hoot叫囂
惨叫 cǎn jiào to scream慘叫
叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud叫好 jiào hǎo
叫喊 jiào hǎn outcry叫喊 jiào hǎn
大喊大叫 dà hǎn dà jiào to rant大喊大叫 dà hǎn dà jiào
惊叫 jīng jiào to cry out in fear驚叫
喊叫 hǎn jiào to cry out喊叫 hǎn jiào
叫作 jiào zuò to call叫作 jiào zuò
吼叫 hǒu jiào to howl吼叫 hǒu jiào
叫卖 jiào mài to peddle叫賣
叫嚷 jiào rǎng to shout叫嚷 jiào rǎng
乱叫 luàn jiào to inconsiderately shout亂叫
叫板 jiào bǎn (coll.) to challenge叫板 jiào bǎn
叫唤 jiào huan to cry out叫喚
叫苦 jiào kǔ to complain叫苦 jiào kǔ
鸣叫 míng jiào to emit a sound鳴叫
大呼小叫 dà hū xiǎo jiào to shout and quarrel大呼小叫 dà hū xiǎo jiào
随叫随到 suí jiào suí dào to be on call隨叫隨到

jiào Decomposition & Compounds

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jiào Decomposition

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