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Jyutping
giu3 zok3
Pinyin
jiào zuò
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to call
to be called
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to be known as; to be called
(syn.) 稱為, 名叫, 號做, 称为, 叫做, 号做, 名做
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 二级词汇表 #277
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
英国人把货车叫作「lorry」。
英國人把貨車叫作「lorry」。
yīng guó rén bǎ huò chē jiào zuò 「lorry」。
In Britain a truck is referred to as a lorry.
Mandarin
他把他的狗叫作Popeye。
他把他的狗叫作Popeye。
tā bǎ tā de gǒu jiào zuò popeye。
He named his dog Popeye.
Mandarin
这本书里错误多得以至于老师把它叫作“醉鬼版”。
這本書裏錯誤多得以至於老師把它叫作“醉鬼版”。
zhè běn shū lǐ cuò wù duō dé yǐ zhì yú lǎo shī bǎ tā jiào zuò “ zuì guǐ bǎn ”。
There are so many mistakes in this book that the teacher has dubbed it "The Drunkard's Edition".
Mandarin
这只鸟叫作什么?
這隻鳥叫作什麼?
zhè zhǐ niǎo jiào zuò shén me ?
What do you call this bird?
What's the name of that bird?
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
我家的后面有一个很大的园,相传叫作百草园。现在是早已并屋子一起卖给朱文公的子孙了,[…[[#Chinese|]]]
我家的後面有一個很大的園,相傳叫作百草園。現在是早已並屋子一起賣給朱文公的子孫了,[…[[#Chinese|]]]
wǒ jiā de hòu miàn yǒu yī ge hěn dà de yuán , xiàng chuán jiào zuò bǎi cǎo yuán . xiàn zài shì zǎo yǐ bìng wū zǐ yī qǐ mài gěi zhū wén gōng de zǐ sūn le , …
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