名叫

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	to call; to yell; to be called to call; to yell; to be called; to order
trad. (名叫)		名	叫
simp. #(名叫)		名	叫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ giu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjiào
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: míng-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjiaw
    • Palladius: минцзяо (minczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ giu³
    • Yale: mìhng giu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ giu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ giu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ kiːu̯³³/
    • Homophones:

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Verb

名叫

1. to be called; to be named

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 叫做 (“to be called; to be known as; to be named”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叫做, 叫作, 叫, 稱為, 稱做, 稱作, 名叫, 名為
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	叫做, 叫
	Singapore	叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫做
	Hong Kong	叫做, 叫
	Taishan	喊做
	Kaiping (Chikan)	喊做
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叫
Hakka	Meixian	喊做
	Xingning	喊做
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	喊做, 安做
	Wuhua (Meilin)	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊做, 安到
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊做, 安到
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊做, 安到
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊做, 安到, 安做, 安著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊做, 安到
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊做, 號做
Southern Min	Xiamen	號做
	Quanzhou	號做
	Zhangzhou	號做
	Tainan	號做, 叫做
	Penang (Hokkien)	叫做
	Singapore (Hokkien)	號做, 叫, 叫做
	Manila (Hokkien)	叫做, 名做
	Shantou	叫做
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	叫做
Wu	Shanghai	叫, 叫做
	Ningbo	謳, 謳做
Xiang	Changsha	喊做