叫作

jiàozuò

verb HSK 2 #14,263

Meanings

这种花叫作玫瑰。

Zhè zhǒng huā jiàozuò méiguī.

This kind of flower is called a rose.

这个地方叫作天安门。

Zhège dìfang jiàozuò Tiān'ānmén.

This place is called Tiananmen.

usage

叫作 and 叫做 are interchangeable. 叫作 is considered more standard in writing.

叫 jiào

作 zuò