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叫作 (jiào zuò): To call (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

叫作 consists of 2 characters.

to call; to be named

to do, to make, to act

Word Info

Pinyinjiào zuò

Meaningto call

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 4

SyntaxVerb

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 叫作.

Words with 叫

叫好jiào hǎoHSK 7-9
叫板jiào bǎnHSK 7-9
啼叫tí jiào
嚎叫háo jiào
吱吱叫zhī zhī jiào
喳喳叫zhā zhā jiào

Words with 作

工作gōng zuòHSK 1
作业zuò yèHSK 3
工作日gōng zuò rìHSK 3
作家zuò jiāHSK 4
作用zuò yòngHSK 4
作者zuò zhěHSK 4
动作dòng zuòHSK 4
作为zuò wéiHSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 叫作

zhè这

zhǒng种

shuǐ水

guǒ果

jiào叫

zuò作

huǒ火

lóng龙

guǒ果

。

This kind of fruit is called dragon fruit.

tā他

de的

xíng行

wéi为

wán完

měi美

quán诠

shì释

le了

shén

什

me么

jiào叫

zuò作

“

zhī知

xíng行

hé合

yī一

”

。

His actions perfectly interpret what is meant by 'unity of knowledge and action'.