惨叫
cǎn jiào
Pinyin

Definition

惨叫
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cǎn jiào
  1. to scream
  2. blood-curdling screech
  3. miserable shriek

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

叫
jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to call
  3. 3 to order
  4. 4 to ask
  5. 5 to be called
  6. 6 by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
叫做
jiào zuò
  1. 1 to be called
  2. 2 to be known as
叫醒
jiào xǐng
  1. 1 to awaken
  2. 2 to wake sb up
  3. 3 to rouse
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
乱叫
luàn jiào
  1. 1 to inconsiderately shout
叫作
jiào zuò
  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to be called
叫喊
jiào hǎn
  1. 1 exclamation
  2. 2 outcry
  3. 3 shout
  4. 4 yell
叫唤
jiào huan
  1. 1 to cry out
  2. 2 to bark out a sound
叫嚷
jiào rǎng
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to bellow one's grievances
叫嚣
jiào xiāo
  1. 1 to hoot
叫好
jiào hǎo
  1. 1 to applaud
  2. 2 to cheer
叫屈
jiào qū
  1. 1 to complain of an injustice
  2. 2 to lament sb's misfortune
叫床
jiào chuáng
  1. 1 to cry out in ecstasy (during lovemaking)
叫早
jiào zǎo
  1. 1 to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel)
叫春
jiào chūn
  1. 1 to caterwaul
  2. 2 to call like an animal in heat
叫板
jiào bǎn
  1. 1 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. 2 (coll.) to challenge
叫牌
jiào pái
  1. 1 to bid (bridge and similar card games)
叫声
jiào shēng
  1. 1 yelling (sound made by person)
  2. 2 barking
  3. 3 braying
  4. 4 roaring (sound made by animals)
叫花子
jiào huā zi
  1. 1 beggar
叫苦
jiào kǔ
  1. 1 to whine about hardships
  2. 2 to complain of one's bitter lot
  3. 3 to complain
  4. 4 to grumble

Idioms (5)

叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
大喊大叫
dà hǎn dà jiào
  1. 1 shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly
  2. 2 to rant
  3. 3 to kick up a racket
  4. 4 to conduct vigorous propaganda
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
装穷叫苦
zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ
  1. 1 to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老师，我晕血。我连杀鸡都不敢看。光听鸡的惨叫声都会起鸡皮疙瘩，晚上还做噩梦。
lǎoshī ，wǒ yūnxiě 。wǒ lián shājī dōu bù gǎn kàn 。guāng tīng jī de cǎnjiào shēng dōu huì qǐ jīpí gēda ，wǎnshang hái zuò èmèng 。
Teacher, I get nauseous at the sight of blood. I don't even dare to watch anyone killing a chicken. I get goose-bumps just at the sound of a chicken's screams of pain, and I have bad dreams at night.
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