叫

jiào

cry, shout; hail, greet, call

How to write 叫, stroke by stroke

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 丩

Made of 口 + 丩

叫做jiào zuòto be called; to be known as
呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell; (telecommunications) to call
尖叫jiān jiàoto screech; to shriek
名叫míng jiàocalled; named
叫醒jiào xǐngto awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse
叫声jiào shēngyelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
叫喊jiào hǎnexclamation; outcry; shout; yell
叫作jiào zuòto call; to be called
喊叫hǎn jiàoto cry out; to shout
鸣叫míng jiàoto emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
嚎叫háo jiàoto howl; to yell
叫停jiào tíng(sports) to call a time-out; to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold

「这就是我要找的东西！」他大叫。
「 zhè jiù shì wǒ yào zhǎo de dōng xī ！」 tā dà jiào 。
"This is what I was looking for!" he exclaimed.
请问这条街的街名叫什么？
qǐng wèn zhè tiáo jiē de jiē míng jiào shén me ？
What's the name of this street, please?
我听到尖叫声。
wǒ tīng dào jiān jiào shēng 。
I heard someone scream.
死了妻子的人叫做鳏夫。
sǐ le qī zǐ de rén jiào zuò guān fū 。
A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.
叫声渐渐地变弱了。
jiào shēng jiàn jiàn dì biàn ruò le 。
The sound of shouting grew faint.