No. 400 in Chinese
叫
"叫" means "to be called," "to call," or "to shout."
In a sentence
我叫李华。
My name is Li Hua.
'叫' is used here to denote someone's name, equivalent to 'to be called'.
他叫了一辆出租车。
He hailed a taxi.
'叫' is used here to indicate the act of calling or hailing a taxi.
小明被妈妈叫去吃饭。
Xiaoming was called by his mother to eat.
'叫' is used here to express being called or beckoned to do something.
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