叫 (jiào) means Shout (calls - bid - by). Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我姓王， 叫 王明。
Wǒ xìng Wáng, jiào Wáng Míng.
My surname is Wang; I'm called Wang Ming.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 姓
妈妈 叫 女儿小宝贝。
Māma jiào nǚ'ér xiǎo bǎobèi.
The mother calls her daughter little darling.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宝贝
请在门外等候 叫 号。
Qǐng zài mén wài děnghòu jiào hào.
Please wait outside the door until your number is called.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 等候
这是我的猫，它 叫 小白。
Zhè shì wǒ de māo, tā jiào Xiǎo Bái.
This is my cat; it is called Xiao Bai.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 它
孩子们指着彩虹 叫 起来。
Háizimen zhǐ zhe cǎihóng jiào qǐlái.
The children pointed at the rainbow and cried out.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 彩虹
我 叫 了他半天，他都没答应。
Wǒ jiào le tā bàntiān, tā dōu méi dāying.
I called him for ages and he did not answer.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 答应
大家 叫 我老师，我可不敢当。
Dàjiā jiào wǒ lǎoshī, wǒ kě bù gǎndāng.
Everyone calls me teacher, but I could not possibly accept that.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不敢当
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From the graded readers
我 叫 小美，我是学生。
wǒ jiào xiǎo měi, wǒ shì xuésheng.
My name is Xiaomei, and I'm a student.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我有一只猫，它 叫 小白。
wǒ yǒu yī zhī māo, tā jiào xiǎo bái.
I have a cat called Xiaobai.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
我们家有一只猫，它 叫 小白。
wǒmen jiā yǒu yī zhī māo, tā jiào xiǎo bái.
We have a cat called Xiaobai.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我有一个好朋友，她 叫 丽丽。
wǒ yǒu yīgè hǎo / hào péngyou, tā jiào lí lí.
I have a good friend called Lili.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
早上鸟 叫 的时候，我就起床了。
zǎoshang niǎo jiào de / dì shíhou, wǒ jiù qǐchuáng le / liǎo / liào.
When the birds start in the morning, I get up.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
我谢了他，正要走，他 叫 住了我。
wǒ xiè le / liǎo / liào tā, zhèng yāo zǒu, tā jiào zhùle wǒ.
I thanked him and was about to go when he called me back.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
我的中文老师姓李，我们都 叫 她李老师。
wǒ de(possessive) zhōngwén lǎoshī xìng lǐ, wǒmen dōu jiào tā lǐ lǎoshī.
My Chinese teacher's surname is Li; we all call her Teacher Li.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
我也终于明白，能长期做下去的，才 叫 努力。
wǒ yě zhōngyú míngbai, néng chángqī zuò xiàqu de / dì, cái jiào nǔlì.
And I finally understood that only what you can keep doing counts as effort.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
From the travel phrasebook
请帮我 叫 警察。
Qǐng bāng wǒ jiào jǐngchá.
Please call the police.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
这不是我 叫 的车。
Zhè bú shì wǒ jiào de chē.
This isn't the car I booked.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
能帮我 叫 辆车吗？
Néng bāng wǒ jiào liàng chē ma?
Could you call me a taxi?
Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in
请帮我 叫 救护车。
Qǐng bāng wǒ jiào jiùhùchē.
Please call an ambulance.
Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies
叫 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 叫
How is 叫 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 叫 (jiào, "Shout (calls - bid - by)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 叫 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 叫 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 叫 an HSK word?
Yes — 叫 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 叫?
The dictionary page for 叫 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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