吆
yāo
Pinyin

Definition

吆
 - 
yāo
  1. to shout
  2. to bawl
  3. to yell (to urge on an animal)
  4. to hawk (one's wares)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

吆喝
yāo he
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to bawl
  3. 3 to yell (to urge on an animal)
  4. 4 to hawk (one's wares)
  5. 5 to denounce loudly
  6. 6 to shout slogans
吆
yāo
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to bawl
  3. 3 to yell (to urge on an animal)
  4. 4 to hawk (one's wares)
吆五喝六
yāo wǔ hè liù
  1. 1 lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling

Sample Sentences

他竟然对着我们吆喝，还命令我们去做事。
tā jìngrán duì zhe wǒmen yāohe ，hái mìnglìng wǒmen qù zuòshì 。
How dare he boss us around, commanding us to do things.
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