huàn

唤

Character · VerbTraditional喚

call out; summon; wake up

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

verb

call out loudly to wake, alert, or summon

Used for calling people from a distance, waking someone up, or drawing someone's attention.

Mā妈
ma妈
zài在
lóu楼
xià下
huàn唤
wǒ我
huí回
jiā家
chī吃
fàn饭
 。

Mom is calling me downstairs to come home for dinner.

Qīng清
chén晨
de的
niǎo鸟
míng鸣
huàn唤
lái来
le了
chūn春
tiān天
de的
qì气
xī息
 。

The morning bird calls bring the breath of spring.

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Lǎo老
shī师
huàn唤
xǐng醒
le了
dǎ打
kē瞌
shuì睡
de的
xué学
shēng生
 。

The teacher woke up the student who was dozing off.

Cūn村
mín民
men们
huàn唤
qǐ起
le了
chén沉
shuì睡
de的
cūn村
zhuāng庄
 ,
yíng迎
jiē接
xīn新
nián年
 。

The villagers woke up the sleeping village to welcome the New Year.

Tā他
dà大
shēng声
huàn唤
hū呼
 ,
xī希
wàng望
yǒu有
rén人
néng能
tīng听
dào到
tā他
de的
qiú求
jiù救
 。

He called out loudly, hoping someone could hear his cry for help.