Word: 叫 (jiào)

叫 dictionary entry

jiào: to call; to order; to be called; to shout; to ask; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)

Full dictionary entry for 叫

What 叫 means in each sentence

to call 67 sentences
to order 17 sentences
to be called 17 sentences
to shout 15 sentences
to ask 8 sentences
by (indicates agent in the passive mood) 3 sentences

Example sentences using 叫

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不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门

bú zuò kuīxīnshì, búpà guǐ jiào mén

do nothing against your conscience and you won't fear ghosts knocking at the door
不叫的狗才咬人

bú jiào de gǒu cái yǎo rén

the dog that doesn't bark is the one that bites
不好意思，你叫什么名字？

Bùhǎoyìsi, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

Excuse me. What's your name?
不要这么叫他！

Búyào zhème jiào tā!

Don't call him that.
为什么你不叫你的父母给你买车？

Wèishénme nǐ bú jiào nǐ de fùmǔ gěi nǐ mǎi chē?

Why don't you ask your parents to buy you a car?
从无到有，这叫成就。

Cóng wú dào yǒu, zhè jiào chéngjiù.

Going from not having to having – that’s success.
他们没有理由叫我们离开。

Tāmen méiyǒu lǐyóu jiào wǒmen líkāi.

They had no reason to ask us to leave.
他叫什么名字？

Tā jiào shénme míngzi?

What is his name?
他叫我对别人好一点。

Tā jiào wǒ duì biéren hǎo yìdiǎn.

He told me to be kind to others.
他叫胡安，我们是同事。

Tā jiào Hú'ān, wǒmen shì tóngshì.

He is called Huan, we are colleagues.
他叫自己的妻子不要冲动购物。

Tā jiào zìjǐ de qīzi búyào chōngdòng gòuwù.

He told his wife not to buy on impulse.
他叫那个男人帮助他。

Tā jiào nàge nánrén bāngzhù tā.

He asked the man to help him.
他听到有人从后面叫他的名字。

Tā tīngdào yǒurén cóng hòumian jiào tā de míngzi.

He heard his name called from behind.
他提议叫医生。

Tā tíyì jiào yīshēng.

He suggested calling a doctor.
他新出的小说叫什么？

Tā xīn chū de xiǎoshuō jiào shénme?

What's his new novel called?
他最新的小说叫什么名字？

Tā zuìxīn de xiǎoshuō jiào shénme míngzi?

What's his most recent novel?
他没听见有人叫他的名字。

Tā méi tīngjiàn yǒurén jiào tā de míngzi.

He didn't hear his name called.
他甚至叫你傻瓜。

Tā shènzhì jiào nǐ shǎguā.

He even called you an idiot.
他疼得咧嘴直叫。

Tā téng de liězuǐ zhí jiào.

He was in so much pain that he grimaced and cried out.
他竟然叫你笨蛋。

Tā jìngrán jiào nǐ bèndàn.

He unexpectedly called you stupid.
会叫的狗不咬人。

Huì jiào de gǒu bù yǎo rén.

Barking dogs never bite.
你丈夫叫什么？

Nǐ zhàngfu jiào shénme?

What's your husband's name?
你们叫什么名字？

Nǐmen jiào shénme míngzi?

What are you called?
你们可以帮我们叫出租车吗？

Nǐmen kěyǐ bāng wǒmen jiào chūzūchē ma?

Could you guys help us call a taxi?
你再闹事，我就叫老师了！

Nǐ zài nàoshì, wǒ jiù jiào lǎoshī le!

If you make trouble again, I'll call the teacher!
你凭什么叫我走？

Nǐ píng shénme jiào wǒ zǒu?

Who are you to tell me to get out?
你去叫他来。

Nǐ qù jiào tā lái.

Tell him to come.
你去跑步的时候叫我一声。

Nǐ qù pǎobù de shíhou jiào wǒ yìshēng.

Give me a ring when you go running.
你叫什么名字？

Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

What is your name?
你叫医生了吗？

Nǐ jiào yīshēng le ma?

Did you call the doctor?
你听见有人叫你的名字吗？

Nǐ tīngjiàn yǒurén jiào nǐ de míngzi ma?

Did you hear your name called?
你姐姐的狗叫什么名字？

Nǐ jiějie de gǒu jiào shénme míngzi?

What is your sister's dog called?
你的名字叫什么？

Nǐ de míngzi jiào shénme?

What is your name?
你的朋友叫什么名字？

Nǐ de péngyou jiào shénme míngzi?

What's your friend's name?
你能每天早上叫我起床吗？

Nǐ néng měitiān zǎoshang jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ma?

Would you wake me up every morning?
你要不要我们给你叫辆出租车？

Nǐ yào búyào wǒmen gěi nǐ jiào liàng chūzūchē?

Do you want us to call you a taxi?
你说你叫什么名字？

Nǐ shuō nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

What did you say your name was?
兔子叫门，送肉的来了

tùzi jiào mén, sòng ròu de láile

a rabbit knocking at the door: here comes the one delivering meat
刚才你肚子一直在叫，没事吧？

Gāngcái nǐ dǔzi yìzhí zài jiào, méishì ba?

Your stomach has been rumbling for quite a while now. Are you sure you're all right?
别叫我的外号，我不喜欢。

Bié jiào wǒ de wàihào, wǒ bù xǐhuan.

Don't call me by my nickname. I don't like it.
到了拐角，请叫我一声。

Dàole guǎijiǎo, qǐng jiào wǒ yìshēng.

When we reach the corner, please let me know.
到站的火车，叫得响，走得慢

dào zhàn de huǒchē, jiào de xiǎng, zǒu de màn

a train arriving at the station: whistles loudly, moves slowly
医生把他叫了回来。

Yīshēng bǎ tā jiàole huílai.

The doctor called him back.
叫一辆出租车。

Jiào yí liàng chūzūchē.

Call a taxi.
叫他们两点半之前到。

Jiào tāmen liǎng diǎn bàn zhīqián dào.

Tell them to be here by 2:30.
叫你去为什么不去？

Jiào nǐ qù wèishénme bú qù?

You were told to go. Why didn't you?
叫你的姐妹们。

Jiào nǐ de jiěmèimen.

Call your sisters.
叫辆出租车来接我们。

Jiào liàng chūzūchē lái jiē wǒmen.

Call a taxicab to take us.
喝了白露水的知了，叫不了几天

hēle bái lùshuǐ de zhīliǎo, jiào bù liǎo jǐtiān

a cicada that has drunk the White Dew water: can't chirp for many more days
外边有人在叫你。

Wàibian yǒurén zài jiào nǐ.

Someone outside is calling you.
夜叫鬼门关,自己去送死

yè jiào guǐménguān,zìjǐ qù sòngsǐ

calling at the Gate of Hell at night: going to your own death
天上的风筝，叫别人牵着飞

tiānshàng de fēngzheng, jiào biéren qiānzhe fēi

A kite in the sky: it flies as others pull it
太上老君叫蛇咬，法尽了

tàishànglǎojūn jiào shé yǎo, fǎ jìnle

Laozi bitten by a snake: out of magic
她叫了我很多次。

Tā jiàole wǒ hěn duōcì.

She called me many a time.
她叫什么名字？

Tā jiào shénme míngzi?

What's her name?
她叫他坐下。

Tā jiào tā zuòxia.

She asked him to sit down.
她太娇气，见到虫子就叫。

Tā tài jiāoqì, jiàndào chóngzi jiù jiào.

She's so squeamish that she screams whenever she sees a bug.
她开了窗，尽管我叫她别这么做。

Tā kāile chuāng, jǐnguǎn wǒ jiào tā bié zhème zuò.

She opened the window, even though I told her not to.
妈妈每天叫我起床上学。

Māma měitiān jiào wǒ qǐchuáng shàngxué.

Mom wakes me up for school every day.
小朋友，你叫什么名字？

Xiǎopéngyǒu, nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?

Little one, what's your name?
少叫一声哥，多走十里坡

shǎo jiào yìshēng gē, duō zǒu shí lǐ pō

say 'elder brother' once less, and walk ten more miles of hill
尽听蝲蝲蛄叫就别种庄稼了

jìn tīng làlàgū jiào jiù biézhǒng zhuāngjia le

if you only listen to the mole crickets chirp, don't plant crops
属百灵的，叫得好听

shǔ bǎilíng de, jiào de hǎotīng

born in the year of the lark: sings beautifully
山路上时而传来几声鸟叫。

Shānlù shàng shí'ér chuánlái jǐ shēng niǎo jiào.

From time to time, a few bird calls drifted along the mountain path.
崇祯殡天,盼谁谁不来,叫谁谁不到

chóngzhēn bìn tiān,pàn shuí shuí bù lái,jiào shuí shuí búdào

when Emperor Chongzhen died: those he longed for didn't come, those he called didn't arrive
广岛有一个地方叫口和。

Guǎngdǎo yǒu yí gè dìfang jiào kǒu hé.

There's a place called Kuchiwa in Hiroshima.
您叫什么名字？

Nín jiào shénme míngzi?

What is your name?
我不知道他叫什么名字。

Wǒ bù zhīdào tā jiào shénme míngzi.

I don't know his name.
我不能叫他做那件事。

Wǒ bùnéng jiào tā zuò nà jiàn shì.

I can't ask him to do that.
我们帮你叫货。

Wǒmen bāng nǐ jiào huò.

We will help you order the stock.
我们应该叫警察来。

Wǒmen yīnggāi jiào jǐngchá lái.

We should call the police.
我们问他叫什么名字。

Wǒmen wèn tā jiào shénme míngzi.

We asked him what he was called.
我叫他明天去那里。

Wǒ jiào tā míngtiān qù nàli.

I asked him to go there tomorrow.
我叫他来的。

Wǒ jiào tā lái de.

I told him to come.
我叫你怎么做，你就怎么做。

Wǒ jiào nǐ zěnme zuò, nǐ jiù zěnme zuò.

Do as I told you to do.
我听见有人叫我。

Wǒ tīngjiàn yǒurén jiào wǒ.

I heard my name called.
我听见有人叫我的名字。

Wǒ tīngjiàn yǒurén jiào wǒ de míngzi.

I heard someone call my name.
我在叫他们回来。

Wǒ zài jiào tāmen huílai.

I'm calling them back.
我对她做了一个手势，叫她坐下。

Wǒ duì tā zuòle yí gè shǒushì, jiào tā zuòxia.

I motioned for her to sit down.
我很高兴听到你知道她叫什么。

Wǒ hěn gāoxìng tīngdào nǐ zhīdào tā jiào shénme.

I am glad to hear that you know how she is called.
我忘记他叫什么名字了。

Wǒ wàngjì tā jiào shénme míngzi le.

I forgot what his name was.
我没想叫的。

Wǒ méi xiǎng jiào de.

I didn't mean to yell.
我知道他叫什么名字。

Wǒ zhīdào tā jiào shénme míngzi.

I know what his name is.
我要叫你“老板”。

Wǒ yào jiào nǐ“lǎobǎn”.

I'll call you my boss.
我请妈妈四点叫我起床。

Wǒ qǐng māma sì diǎn jiào wǒ qǐchuáng.

I asked Mother to wake me up at four.
我连你叫什么都不知道。

Wǒ lián nǐ jiào shénme dōu bù zhīdào.

I don't even know what you are called, mate.
我问了他叫什么名字。

Wǒ wèn le tā jiào shénme míngzi.

I asked him what his name was.
手中没把米，叫鸡鸡不来

shǒu zhōng méi bǎ mǐ, jiào jījī bù lái

with no handful of rice in your hand, you can't call the chickens over
教子之法，莫叫离父；教女之法，莫叫离母

jiàozǐ zhī fǎ, mò jiào lí fù; jiào nǚ zhī fǎ, mò jiào lí mǔ

the way to teach a son: don't let him leave his father; the way to teach a daughter: don't let her leave her mother
教练马上叫了一次暂停。

Jiàoliàn mǎshàng jiàole yícì zàntíng.

The coach immediately called a time-out.
明天中午叫他打给我一个电话。

Míngtiān zhōngwǔ jiào tā dǎ gěi wǒ yí gè diànhuà.

Tell him to call me tomorrow at noon.
明天早上六点把我叫起来。

Míngtiān zǎoshang liù diǎn bǎ wǒ jiào qǐlai.

Please wake me up at 6 tomorrow morning.
晚饭我们叫一个披萨吧。

Wǎnfàn wǒmen jiào yí gè pīsà ba.

Let's order a pizza for dinner.
有人叫她陪我。

Yǒurén jiào tā péi wǒ.

She was told to accompany me.
有人叫我来，我才来的。

Yǒurén jiào wǒ lái, wǒ cái lái de.

It's because I was asked to come that I'm here.
有人在叫你。

Yǒurén zài jiào nǐ.

Someone is calling you.
服务台的人帮我叫了车。

Fúwùtái de rén bāng wǒ jiàole chē.

The person at the reception desk called a car for me.
池塘里的癞蛤蟆，叫起来没完

chítáng lǐ de làiháma, jiào qǐlai méiwán

toads in the pond: once they start croaking, there's no end
没做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门

méi zuò kuīxīnshì, búpà guǐ jiào mén

if you've done nothing to prick your conscience, you needn't fear a ghost knocking
没必要叫出租车。

Méi bìyào jiào chūzūchē.

There's no need to hail a taxi.