míng jiào

Traditional: 鳴叫

鸣叫 (míng jiào) is a Chinese word meaning “to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound”.

Meanings

  1. 1to emit a sound
  2. 2(of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc
  3. 3(of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound

Characters in 鸣叫

鸣míng · to cry (of birds, animals and insects)叫jiào · to shout

Related words

叫to shout叫variant of 叫[jiao4]叫做to be called; to be known as名叫called尖叫to screech; to shriek呼叫to shout叫醒to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse大喊大叫shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly叫声yelling (sound made by person)共鸣(physics) to resonate; resonance鸣to cry (of birds, animals and insects)叫喊exclamation

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