Chinese word dictionary

嚎叫

háo jiào · to howl; to yell

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Word information

Simplified嚎叫

Traditional嚎叫

Pinyinháo jiào

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

嚎háo

to cry loudly, to scream, to yell

叫jiào

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

How to learn 嚎叫

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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叫作jiàozuò

to call; to be called

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

干嚎gān háo

to cry out loud without tears

嚎哭háo kū

to bawl; to cry; to wail

哀嚎āi háo

to howl in grief; anguished wailing; same as 哀號|哀号[ai1 hao2]