How to say "to call" in Chinese
叫
jiàoto callPart of speech: Verbs
"to call" in Chinese is 叫 — pronounced jiào.
In a sentence
- 我叫村长。你叫什么名字？Wǒ jiào cūnzhǎng. Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?My name is Village Chief. What's your name?
- 你叫什么名字？Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?name
- 请问，你叫什么名字？Qǐngwèn, nǐ jiào shénme míngzì?Excuse me, what's your name?
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Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 叫 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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