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叫 (Kangxi radical 30,口+2in Chinese, 口+3in Japanese, 5 strokesin Chinese, 6 strokesin Japanese,cangjie input口女中 (RVL),four-corner6400₀,composition⿰口丩)

• 𢫃,𣐲,𣌺,𨦀,𰈞,𱈠,䆗,𱷵

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 172, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3240
• Dae Jaweon: page 383, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 573, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53EB

• Unihan data for U+2F839

Historical forms of the character叫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*kiːws): semantic 口(“mouth”) + phonetic 丩(OC*kɯw, *krɯw). According to Shuowen Jiezi, its original meaning was "to shout".

叫

1. tobe called

   你叫什麼名字？／你叫什么名字？  ― Nǐjiào shénme míngzì?  ―  What is your name?

   這叫什麼？／这叫什么？  ― Zhèjiào shénme?  ―  How do youcall this? / Whatis it called?

   你叫咩名呀？[Cantonese,trad. andsimp.]

   nei⁵giu³ me¹ meng^4-2 aa³?[Jyutping]

   What is your name?

   雖然個名叫[…]，但[…][Cantonese,trad.]
   虽然个名叫[…]，但[…][Cantonese,simp.]

   seoi¹ jin⁴ go³ meng^4-2giu³ […], daan⁶ […][Jyutping]

   although it is called […] , […]

   乜嘢叫[…]？[Cantonese]  ― mat¹ je⁵giu³ […]?[Jyutping]  ―  What is […] ?

   終於明白乜嘢叫[…][Cantonese,trad.]
   终于明白乜嘢叫[…][Cantonese,simp.]

   zung¹ jyu¹ ming⁴ baak⁶ mat¹ je⁵giu³ […][Jyutping]

   to finally realize what […] is

2. tocall; toname

   我們經常叫他的綽號。[MSC,trad.]
   我们经常叫他的绰号。[MSC,simp.]

   Wǒmen jīngchángjiào tā de chuòhào.[Pinyin]

   We oftencall him by his nickname.

   我可以叫他戴夫嗎？[MSC,trad.]
   我可以叫他戴夫吗？[MSC,simp.]

   Wǒ kěyǐjiào tā Dàifū ma?[Pinyin]

   May Icall him Dave?

3. tocall (someone)

   叫警察  ― jiào jǐngchá  ―  to call the police

   要是需要什麼，我就叫你。[MSC,trad.]
   要是需要什么，我就叫你。[MSC,simp.]

   Yàoshì xūyào shénme, wǒ jiùjiào nǐ.[Pinyin]

   I'llcall you if anything is needed.

4. toyell; toshout

   狗叫  ― gǒujiào  ―  dog bark

   她高興地叫起來，投入了她母親的懷抱。[MSC,trad.]
   她高兴地叫起来，投入了她母亲的怀抱。[MSC,simp.]

   Tā gāoxìng dìjiào qǐlái, tóurù le tā mǔqīn de huáibào.[Pinyin]

   With acry of joy, she fell into her mother's arms.

5. tohail; togreet
6. (ditransitive) toask; toorder

   叫他待在家裡。／叫他待在家里。  ― Jiào tā dài zài jiālǐ.  ― Ask him to stay home.

   醫生叫他休息幾天。[MSC,trad.]
   医生叫他休息几天。[MSC,simp.]

   Yīshēngjiào tā xiūxī jǐ tiān.[Pinyin]

   The doctortold him to lay off a couple of days.

   叫佢唔好再搵我[Cantonese,trad.]
   叫佢唔好再揾我[Cantonese,simp.]

   giu³ keoi⁵ m⁴ hou² zoi³ wan² ngo⁵[Jyutping]

   Ask them not to try to contact me ever again

   叫佢教你幾句中文[Cantonese,trad.]
   叫佢教你几句中文[Cantonese,simp.]

   giu³ keoi⁵ gaau³ nei⁵ gei² geoi³ zung¹ man^4-2[Jyutping]

   ask them to teach you a few phrases of Chinese

   • 「叫你耶穌落嚟見我哋！」[Cantonese,trad.]
     「叫你耶稣落嚟见我哋！」[Cantonese,simp.]

     From:2019,[1]

     “giu³ nei⁵ je⁴ sou¹ lok⁶ lai⁴ gin³ ngo⁵ dei⁶!”[Jyutping]

     "Ask your 'Jesus' to come down and watch!"

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   張凳噉細你叫佢點坐呀？[Cantonese,trad.]
   张凳噉细你叫佢点坐呀？[Cantonese,simp.]

   zoeng¹ dang³ gam² sai³ nei⁵giu³ keoi⁵ dim² co⁵ aa³?[Jyutping]

   How can you expect them to sit down when the chair is so small?

8. tohire; tocall (a taxi); toorder (in a restaurant, in a shop)

   我給你叫什麼菜？肉排還是魚？[MSC,trad.]
   我给你叫什么菜？肉排还是鱼？[MSC,simp.]

   Wǒ gěi nǐjiào shénme cài? Ròupái háishì yú?[Pinyin]

   What shall Iorder for you? Steak or fish?

   叫碟炒飯／叫碟炒饭[Cantonese]  ― giu³ dip⁶ caau² faan⁶[Jyutping]  ―  toorder some fried rice

9. (dialectal) tocry; toweep
10. used in a passive sentence to introduce the agent;by

    莊稼叫大水沖走了。[MSC,trad.]
    庄稼叫大水冲走了。[MSC,simp.]

    Zhuāngjiàjiào dàshuǐ chōng zǒu le.[Pinyin]

    The crops were washed awayby the flood.

11. (Northern Wu)Suffix used to form adverbs from reduplicated monosyllabic adjectives or verbs.

    慢慢叫[Suzhounese]  ― ⁶me-me₆-ciau₅[Wugniu]  ―  slowly

    迓迓叫[Shanghainese]  ― ¹ia-ia₁-ciau₅[Wugniu]  ―  stealthingly

    輕輕叫／轻轻叫[Ningbonese]  ― ¹chin-chin₁-ciau₅[Wugniu]  ―  lightly

    好好叫上課／好好叫上课[Shanghainese]  ― ⁵hau-hau₅-ciau₅⁶zaon-khu₅[Wugniu]  ―  to attend a class properly

• (to call, to be called): When used for a person,叫 is generally followed by one's given name or full name, as in English.

• → Turkmen:gyw(“sound made to call others in feminine speech”)

• (to order a dish):點／点 (diǎn)

• 稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
• 姓 (xìng, “to be surnamed”)

• “叫”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–
• “叫”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2025.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. toshout, toscream
2. toclamor for or against something, to make anappeal for or against something

• Go-on:きょう(kyō,Jōyō)^{←けう(keu,historical)}
• Kan-on:きょう(kyō,Jōyō)^{←けう(keu,historical)}
• Kun:さけぶ(sakebu,叫ぶ,Jōyō)

FromMiddle Chinese叫 (MC kewH); compare modernMin Nankiò.

• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ː]

叫(きょう)• (kyō) ^{←けう(keu)?}

1. toshout, toscream

FromMiddle Chinese叫 (MC kewH).

KoreanWikisource has texts containing thehanja:

叫

叫 (eumhun부르짖을규(bureujijeul gyu))

1. hanja form^? of규(“shout”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary,전자사전／電子字典.[3]

叫:Hán Việt readings:khiếu^[1][2][3]
叫:Nôm readings:kêu^[1][2][3][4],kíu^[4]

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• 叫奈(khiếu nại)

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