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叫唤 (jiào huan) — to cry out, to call out loudly (often of pain, annoyance, or to get attention)

Definition

A vivid verb for crying out in pain or annoyance, or for loudly calling to get attention. Stronger and more colloquial than 喊.

verb
to cry outto call out loudly (often of pain, annoyance, or to get attention)

Examples

  • 叫唤。
    Tā téng dé zhí jiào huan.
    He kept crying out in pain.
  • 叫唤，。
    Bié jiào huan le, ān jìng yì diǎn r.
    Stop shouting and be quiet for a bit.
  • 叫唤。
    Wài miàn yǒu rén zài dà shēng jiào huan.
    Someone outside is calling out loudly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

叫jiàocall
唤huàncall

叫 and 唤 both convey calling out; together they describe a cry or call for attention.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū叫jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叫 shows a mouth 口 and a sound part 丩. The mouth fits the old sense of shouting.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 喚; 唤 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
奐
奐huàn喚huàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 喚 pairs 口 (mouth) with 奐, which gives the pronunciation; the simplified 唤 is a later shorthand, and its right side is not the old sound part.

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