呼叫

Mandarin · pinyin hū jiào

Meanings

  1. to shout
  2. to yell
  3. (telecommunications) to call
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呼
hū · breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout
叫
jiào · cry, shout; hail, greet, call
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1–4 · hu1 jiao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fu1 giu3

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verb

  1. to call; to shout; to cry out
  2. to make a telephone call; to call (a phone number)

noun

  1. call; cry; shout

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