Chinese word dictionary

鬼叫

guǐ jiào · (coll.) to holler; to squawk

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Word information

Simplified鬼叫

Traditional鬼叫

Pinyinguǐ jiào

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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

鬼guǐ

ghost; demon; sly, mischievous

叫jiào

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

How to learn 鬼叫

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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

胆小鬼dǎnxiǎoguǐ

coward

搞鬼gǎoguǐ

to make mischief; to play tricks

鬼guǐ

disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

叫板jiàobǎn

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