Translation

• to be called
• to be known as

Synonyms

• 何谓, 叫, 叫作, 号称, 名, 名为, 名叫, 喻为, 斥之为, 曰, 称, 称为, 称之为, 称作, 称做, 称呼, 誉为, 谓, 谥

Examples

• 一百年叫做一个世纪。
  A hundred years is called a century.
• 死了妻子的人叫做鳏夫。
  A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.
• 你班里有没有一个叫做珀西的人？
  Is there a Percy in your class?
• 我们帮小猫取了一个名字，叫做 Mimi。
  We named the cat Mimi.
• 他们把她的宝宝叫做珍妮。
  They named her baby Jane.
• 我把他叫做「矮子」，他就气得不得了。
  He got mad at me for calling him Shorty.