叫做

jiàozuò

verb #1,402

Meanings

1 to be called
2 to be known as

Characters

to call; to shout

to do; to be (used as)

Examples

HSK 1

他叫做李明。

Tā jiàozuò Lǐ Míng.

He is called Li Ming.

HSK 7-9

这种水果叫做榴莲。

Zhèzhǒng shuǐguǒ jiàozuò liúlián.

This fruit is called durian.

Tips

usage

叫做 and 叫 can both mean 'to be called.' 叫做 is slightly more formal. For people's names, plain 叫 is more natural: 他叫李明 rather than 他叫做李明.

Stroke Order

叫 jiào

做 zuò