Chinese word dictionary

鸣叫

míng jiào · to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound

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Word information

Simplified鸣叫

Traditional鳴叫

Pinyinmíng jiào

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

鸣míng

a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound

叫jiào

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

How to learn 鸣叫

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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

共鸣gòngmíng

(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response

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

鸣míng

to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)