Chinese word dictionary

叫屈

jiào qū · to complain of an injustice; to lament sb's misfortune

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Word information

Simplified叫屈

Traditional叫屈

Pinyinjiào qū

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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叫jiào

cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail

屈qū

to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched

How to learn 叫屈

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Words with the same characters

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叫jiào

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4]

叫作jiàozuò

to call; to be called

委屈wěiqu

to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance

叫板jiàobǎn

to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge

叫好jiàohǎo

to applaud; to cheer

屈服qūfú

to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over