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叫做

jiào zuò

2-character word

What 叫做 means

1. to be called; to be known as

The characters in 叫做

• 叫jiàoto shout; to call; to order
• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)

Example sentences

• 那叫做真爱。
  Nà jiàozuò zhēn'ài.
  That's called true love.
• 我叫做Jack。
  I'm Jack.
• 一百年叫做一个世纪。
  A hundred years is called a century.
• 死了妻子的人叫做鳏夫。
  Sǐ le qīzi de rén jiàozuò guānfū.
  A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.
• 一百年被叫做一个世纪。
  A hundred years is called a century.
• 他们把她的宝宝叫做珍妮。
  Tāmen bǎ tā de bǎobǎo jiàozuò zhēn nī.
  They named her baby Jenny.

Sounds the same

Read jiào zuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叫作to call; to be called