呼唤 hūhuàn to call out (a name etc)
to call out (a name etc); to shout
How to remember 呼唤: 呼 breathe + 唤 to call = to call out (a name etc).
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How it is used
- To call out (a name), to summon - 呼唤孩子的名字 (hūhuàn háizi de míngzi) call out the child's name; also figurative 时代的呼唤 (shídài de hūhuàn) the call of the times.
- More emotive and literary than plain 叫 (jiào); can express longing or a summons.