"call" meaning in Chinese

See call in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɔː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ko¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kō [Cantonese, Yale], ko¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ko¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English call. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|call}} English call Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} call
  1. (chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese) radio call; phone call (Classifier: 個/个 c) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-call-zh-noun-bAUwME8A Categories (other): Chinese nouns classified by 個/个, Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 45 2 9 41 2 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 39 4 9 43 6
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) summoning of people Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-call-zh-noun-FUCiv6Ko Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
  3. (ACG) Wotagei
    Sense id: en-call-zh-noun-kOVuyGOB Topics: ACG, video-games

Verb

IPA: /kʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰɔː⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: ko¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kō [Cantonese, Yale], ko¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], ko¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English call. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|call}} English call Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} call
  1. (chiefly Hong Kong Cantonese) to call (with mobile phones, pagers, beepers, etc.) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-call-zh-verb-i1LWT8bp Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 45 2 9 41 2 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 39 4 9 43 6
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to summon people Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-call-zh-verb-GZiFqgC- Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: call loan, call機, call机, call臺, call台, call鐘, call钟, 奪命連環call (duómìng liánhuán kào), 夺命连环call (duómìng liánhuán kào), 打call
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      "zh-pron": "ko¹"
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      "zh-pron": "kō"
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      "ipa": "/kʰɔː⁵⁵/",
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      "ipa": "/kʰɔː⁵⁵/"
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    },
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    },
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      "roman": "duómìng liánhuán kào",
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      "zh-pron": "ko¹"
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      "zh-pron": "kō"
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      "zh-pron": "ko¹"
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      "ipa": "/kʰɔː⁵⁵/"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for call meaning in Chinese (3.8kB)

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