叫作

jiàozuò

verb HSK 4 #14,263

Meanings

1 to be called
2 to be known as

Characters

to be; to serve as

Examples

HSK 3

人们把这个地方叫作春城。

Rénmen bǎ zhège dìfang jiàozuò Chūnchéng.

People call this place the 'Spring City'.

HSK 5

这种花叫作玫瑰。

Zhè zhǒng huā jiàozuò méiguī.

This kind of flower is called a rose.

HSK 5

这个地方叫作天安门。

Zhège dìfang jiàozuò Tiān'ānmén.

This place is called Tiananmen.

Tips

usage

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

Stroke Order

叫 jiào

作 zuò