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喊叫 (hǎn jiào) — to shout, to cry out

Definition

喊叫 means to shout or cry out loudly, often a sustained or repeated action (as in 喊叫起来). It is stronger and noisier than 叫, which is the everyday 'to call / to shout'.

verb
to shoutto cry out

Examples

  • 喊叫。
    Tā zhàn zài shān dǐng shàng dà shēng hǎn jiào.
    He stood on the mountaintop and shouted loudly.
  • ，喊叫。
    Tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xi, tā rěn bú zhù hǎn jiào qǐ lái.
    Upon hearing the news, she couldn't help crying out.
  • 喊叫。
    Qǐng bú yào zài tú shū guǎn lǐ hǎn jiào.
    Please don't shout in the library.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

喊hǎnshout
叫jiàocall

Shout and call out combine into a loud cry.

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
咸
咸xián喊hǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

喊 puts 口 (mouth) beside 咸, showing a mouth action and using 咸 for the sound.

Open 喊 →

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.

Open 叫 →
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Communication & Speech

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