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名叫

míng jiào

2-character word

What 名叫 means

1. called
2. named

The characters in 名叫

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 叫jiàoto shout; to call; to order

Example sentences

• 我的乐队名叫红热。
  Wǒ de yuèduì míngjiào Hóng Rè.
  My band name's Red Hot.
• 她名叫Yotchan。
  She goes under the name of Yotchan.
• 玛丽给宝宝起名叫汤姆。
  Mary named the baby Tom.
• 请问这条街的街名叫什么？
  Qǐngwèn zhè tiáo jiē de jiēmíng jiào shénme?
  What's the name of this street, please?

Sounds the same

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

• 鸣叫to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc…
• 明教Manichaeism