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

• 叫阵(叫陣) to challenge an opponent to a fight
• 叫响(叫響) to gain fame and success
• 虫鸟叫声(蟲鳥叫聲) chirp
• 大声喊叫(大聲喊叫) to shout loudly
• 叫好 to applaud; to cheer
• 叫屈 to complain of an injustice; to lament somebody's misfortune
• 呼叫器 pager; beeper
• 叫早 to give somebody a wake-up call (at a hotel)
• 咕咕叫 sound made by an empty stomach
• 叫花子上坟(叫花子上墳) a beggar sweeping tombs
• 装穷叫苦(裝窮叫苦) to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken
• 呼叫声(呼叫聲) whoop
• 叫牌 to bid (bridge and similar card games)
• 拍手叫好 to clap hands and shout applause
• 惨叫(慘叫) to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
• 嗥叫 to growl; to howl
• 叫街 shouting on the street
• 吠叫 to bark; to yelp
• 叫道 to call; to shout
• 叫醒服务(叫醒服務) morning call; wake-up call (hotel service)
• 鸡叫(雞叫) cock crow
• 吼叫 to howl
• 叫呼 to call out
• 叫做 to be called
• 叫花子没有猢狲(叫花子沒有猢猻) a beggar without a monkey
• 叫春 to caterwaul; to call like an animal in heat
• 随叫随到(隨叫隨到) to be available at any time; to be on call
• 叫板 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
• 叫鸡(叫雞) [of a rooster] to call; to visit a prostitute
• 叫化子 a beggar
• 拍案叫绝(拍案叫絕) slap the table and shout with praise; wonderful!; amazing!; great!
• 叫声(叫聲) yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
• 吓吓叫(嚇嚇叫) impressive
• 名叫 to call; to name
• 鸣冤叫屈(鳴冤叫屈) to complain bitterly
• 鸮叫(鴞叫) (of owls) to hoot or screech
• 叫花子 a beggar
• 鸣叫(鳴叫) to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
• 呼叫中心 call center
• 叫醒 to awaken; to wake up; to rouse
• 啼叫 to chirp; to cry out
• 叫苦连天(叫苦連天) to whine on for days; to endlessly grumble complaints; incessant whining
• 叫唤(叫喚) to cry out; to call out ; to chirp; to hoot ; to take care of ; Raurava; Wailing Hell
• 叫哥哥 bush cricket; katydid
• 叫拜楼(叫拜樓) minaret
• 叫苦不迭 to complain without stopping; to bitch endlessly; incessant grievances
• 叫卖(叫賣) to hawk; to peddle
• 尖叫 to screech; to shriek
• 嗡嗡叫 hum; drone; buzz (of insects)
• 叫门(叫門) to call to open the door

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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 88 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 40
• 第二回 Chapter 109 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 117 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
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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
• 叫诉 (叫訴) 叫訴神祇 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷86 孝感:趙琰 長孫慮 乞伏保 孫益德 董洛生 楊引 Volume 86: Filial Piety - Zhao Yan, Zhang Sunlu, Qifu Bao, Sun Yide, Dong Luosheng, Yang Yin — count: 3
• 人叫 (人叫) 令左右數百人叫 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷五　　齊本紀下第五　廢帝鬱林王 廢帝海陵恭王 高宗明皇帝 廢帝東昏侯 和帝 Volume 5 Southern Qi Annals 2: Deposed Emperor Prince of Yulin, Deposed Emperor Prince Gong of Hailing, Emperor Ming, Deposed Emperor Marquess of Donghun, Emperor He — count: 3