喊
shout; call; address
Meanings
3 senses · 15 examplesverb
to shout; to call out loudly
Used for making loud vocalizations to convey a message or draw attention.
The athletes shouted slogans to cheer on the sidelines of the competition.
He shouted loudly on the mountaintop, and his voice spread across the valley.
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Stop shouting, the neighbors next door have all been woken up.
The teacher asked us to shout out our dreams.
The audience shouted the team's name in unison to cheer them on.
verb
to call for someone; to summon
Used to ask someone to come over by calling their name or speaking loudly.
Go call him over and tell him to come over for dinner right away.
I called out several times, but he didn't hear me.
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Please help me call the front desk staff over.
Mom called me home to do my homework.
He called my name downstairs, so I ran down quickly.
verb
to address (someone); to call by a certain title
dialectUsed in dialectal contexts, especially when referring to addressing someone based on seniority or relationship.
According to seniority, he should address me as aunt.
He doesn't know what to call me.
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You should address me as teacher here, you can't just call me by my first name.
Children should learn to address elders with the correct titles.
According to the rules of my hometown, I should call him uncle.