叫 jiào

1. jiào verb to call; to hail; to greet
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 召唤 (CC-CEDICT '叫'; Guoyu '叫' v 4; Mathews 1931 '叫', p. 95; Sun 2006, loc. 2147; Unihan '叫'; XHZD '叫' 4, p. 341)
2. jiào preposition by
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Passive 被动
   Notes: Used as a causative marker in serial verb constructions (CC-CEDICT '叫'; Guoyu '叫' prep; Sun 2006, loc. 2147; XHZD '叫' 6, p. 341)
3. jiào verb to yell; to shout
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 拍手叫好 clap hands and shout applause (CC-CEDICT '叫'; Guoyu '叫' v 1; Kroll 2015 '叫' 1, p. 205; Unihan '叫'; XHZD '叫' 1, p. 341)
4. jiào verb to order; to cause
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: To make somebody do something, in the sense of 使 or 令 (CC-CEDICT '叫'; Guoyu '叫' v 6; Mathews 1931 '叫', p. 95; Unihan '叫'; XHZD '叫' 5, p. 341)
5. jiào verb to crow; to bark; to cry
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of an animal, in the sense of 鸣 (Guoyu '叫' v 2; Kroll 2015 '叫' 1, p. 205; Mathews 1931 '叫', p. 95; XHZD '叫' 2, p. 341)
6. jiào verb to name; to call by name
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 称为 (CC-CEDICT '叫'; Guoyu '叫' v 3; XHZD '叫' 3, p. 341)
7. jiào verb to engage; to hire to do
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 雇用 (Guoyu '叫' v 5; Mathews 1931 '叫', p. 95)

Contained in

• 叫街 shouting on the street
• 呱呱叫 excellent; tip-top
• 叫驴(叫驢) male donkey
• 咕咕叫 sound made by an empty stomach
• 叫花子 a beggar
• 呼叫中心 call center
• 叫车(叫車) to call a cab; to request a ride
• 叫苦连天(叫苦連天) to whine on for days; to endlessly grumble complaints; incessant whining
• 叫卖(叫賣) to hawk; to peddle
• 叫喊 to exclaim; to shout
• 喊叫 to cry out; to shout
• 啼叫 to chirp; to cry out
• 叫花子没有猢狲(叫花子沒有猢猻) a beggar without a monkey
• 叫呼 to call out
• 惊叫(驚叫) to cry out in fear
• 鸣冤叫屈(鳴冤叫屈) to complain bitterly
• 鸮叫(鴞叫) (of owls) to hoot or screech
• 叫鸡(叫雞) [of a rooster] to call; to visit a prostitute
• 虫鸟叫声(蟲鳥叫聲) chirp
• 鸣叫(鳴叫) to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
• 叫苦 to whine about hardships; to complain of one's bitter lot; to complain; to grumble
• 吼叫 to howl
• 嗥叫 to growl; to howl
• 猫叫声(貓叫聲) mew
• 叫好 to applaud; to cheer
• 叫花子上坟(叫花子上墳) a beggar sweeping tombs
• 嗡嗡叫 hum; drone; buzz (of insects)
• 尖叫 to screech; to shriek
• 狗叫 a dog barking
• 叫响(叫響) to gain fame and success
• 呼叫器 pager; beeper
• 吠叫 to bark; to yelp
• 呼叫声(呼叫聲) whoop
• 叫唤(叫喚) to cry out; to call out ; to chirp; to hoot ; to take care of
• 叫板 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
• 叫春 to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat
• 大喊大叫 to shout and scream
• 叫门(叫門) to call to open the door
• 叫床 to cry out in ecstasy (during lovemaking)
• 叫拜楼(叫拜樓) minaret
• 呼叫 to shout; to yell
• 大呼小叫 to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss
• 叫魂 to call the soul of a dying person
• 嘶叫 to whinny (of a horse); to neigh; to shout
• 乱叫(亂叫) to inconsiderately shout
• 叫哥哥 bush cricket; katydid
• 叫嚣(叫囂) to hoot; to squawk
• 拍手叫好 to clap hands and shout applause
• 叫号(叫號) to call out
• 叫阵(叫陣) to challenge an opponent to a fight

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• 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 62
• 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 44
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 40
• 第二回 Chapter 88 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 40
• 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 39
• 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
• 第二回 Chapter 117 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
• 第二回 Chapter 112 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 32
• 第二回 Chapter 107 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 31
• 第二回 Chapter 93 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 30

Collocations

• 号叫 (號叫) 太后抱持號叫 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十一 列傳第一 后妃上 Volume 31 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts Part One — count: 32
• 大叫 (大叫) 揚塵大叫 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu — count: 23
• 叫噪 (叫噪) 擊鼓叫噪 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十四 馬援列傳 Volume 24: Biography of Ma Yuan — count: 13
• 叫曰 (叫曰) 使眾兵齊聲大叫曰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng — count: 10
• 欢叫 (歡叫) 歡叫盈路 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷56　列傳第21 盧愷 令狐熙 薛冑 宇文㢸 張衡 楊汪 Volume 56 Biographies 21: Lu Kai, Ling Huxi, Xue Zhou, Yu Wenbi, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang — count: 7
• 叫天 (叫天) 叫天無辜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
• 叫阍 (叫閽) 叫閽人以望予 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷36 李順 Volume 36: Li Shun — count: 4
• 叫称 (叫稱) 六軍大叫稱快 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十 列傳第十 賈充 楊駿 Volume 40 Biographies 10: Jia Chong; Guo Zhang; Yang Jun — count: 4
• 叫帝 (叫帝) 選巫咸兮叫帝閽 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十七 揚雄傳 上 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 — count: 3
• 闻叫 (聞叫) 聞叫噪之聲 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十一 列傳第三十一 徐湛 江湛 王僧綽 Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao — count: 3