叫 jiào to shoutto callto orderto askto be calledby (indicates agent in the passive mood) Example sentences 你叫什么名字? nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? What is your name? 我叫大卫。 wǒ jiào dàwèi. My name is David 爸爸叫我多跟他们一起出去。 bàba jiào wǒ duō gēn tāmen yīqǐ chūqù. My dad told me to go out with them 下个星期天把朋友们都叫来一起吃饭。 xià ge xīngqītiān bǎ péngyoumen dōu jiào lái yīqǐ chīfàn. Next Sunday, let's gather friends to eat together