One word, one everyday story

Culture · Create free account · Log in · Feedback

Teaching entries and general reference records are shown separately. Independent language review of teaching entries is pending.

hail

/heɪl/

Original teaching content · provenance and version

Example recordings passed technical checks; use the rating controls to flag pronunciation quality.

English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

1 · verb

to signal to a taxi to stop

招呼；叫住

Read the example to see hail in context.

There's no need to hail a taxi.
English pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

没必要拦出租车。
Mandarin pronunciation · Synthesized MP3 · Audio-factory quality review passed

Is this recording accurate and natural?

Share this public expression

Connect this word to your life

Pronunciation: /heɪl/

Try using this word in a sentence of your own; you may skip this.