yāo

bawl

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

幺 sound component

  Sound component

meyāo

  

tiny

Definitions

 

yāo

bawl, yell, shout, cry out; to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares)

Most common words with 吆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

吆喝

to shout

to shout

吆五喝六

lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling

吆呼

to shout (orders)

吆喊

to shout