# 叫作 (jiàozuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 叫作 (jiàozuò) means “to be called; to be known as”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be called; to be known as
- Pinyin: jiàozuò (jiao4 zuo4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 这个地方叫作什么？
  Zhège dìfang jiàozuò shénme?
  What is this place called?

## Characters

- [叫](https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-be-called/) (jiào): to be called; to call
- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose

https://hanziro.com/word/jiao-zuo-be-called/

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