jiào

common
verb

Meaning of 叫苦

叫苦 means to complain; to grumble; to voice one's hardship. Pronounced jiào kǔ.

  • to complain; to grumble; to voice one's hardship

Definitions & Examples

gōng
zuò
tài
lèi
 
zhí
jiào
 

He kept complaining because his work was too exhausting.

Rèn
wu
tài
zhòng
le
 
jiā
dōu
jiào
dié
 

The workload is too heavy, and everyone is crying out in pain incessantly.

Lǎo
bǎn
tīng
dào
yuán
gōng
jiào
 
jiù
jiǎ
zhuāng
méi
tīng
jiàn
 

As soon as the boss heard the employees' complaints, he pretended not to hear them.

Zhè
diǎn
kùn
nán
jiù
zhí
jiào
lián
tiān
ma
 

Is this little difficulty worth complaining so bitterly about?