叫做
jiàozuòTraditional: 叫做
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Translation
to be called, to be known as
Word origin
A compound of 叫 (jiào, to call) and 做 (zuò, to make, to act as), together meaning to be called or designated as.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 叫 (jiào, to call) + 做 (zuò, to do)
Stroke order
叫
做
Examples
葵。
This kind of flower is called a sunflower.
养。
The cat he keeps is called Xiao Bai.
菜豆腐。
This dish is known as mapo tofu.
座泰。
That mountain is called Mount Tai.
酵。
We call this process fermentation.
叫做 (jiào zuò) means to be called or to be known as, used to give the name of a thing. It is interchangeable in many contexts with 叫 and the more formal 称为.
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