giu3 wun6叫喚叫唤
Jyutpinggiu3 wun6
Yalegiu wuhn
Definition
To call out; to shout or summon.
colloquialcommunicationdaily actions
How it's used
While 叫喚 appears in written contexts, it is often replaced by 嗌 or 叫 in everyday spoken Cantonese. Using it in casual conversation can sound slightly dramatic or literary, as if describing a scene from a story or a specific act of crying out for help. It carries a sense of urgency or volume that goes beyond a simple request for attention.
Examples
Why are you shouting out loud in the street?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners often use this as a direct translation for calling someone on the phone, but 叫喚 is not used for telecommunications. Use 打電話畀 or 搵 instead.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
