称 (稱) chēng

1. chēng verb to call; to address
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 叫 (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 1; CC-CEDICT '稱'; Guoyu '稱' chēng v 2; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 3; Unihan '稱')
2. chèn verb to suit; to match; to suit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 適合 (ABC 'chèn' 称; CC-CEDICT '稱'; Guoyu '稱' chèng v; Kroll 2015 '稱' chèn 1, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' chèn 1)
3. chēng verb to say; to describe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 述说 (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 2; CC-CEDICT '稱'; Guoyu '稱' chēng v 3; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 2; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; Unihan '稱')
4. chēng verb to weigh
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 计量轻重 (CC-CEDICT '稱'; Guoyu '稱' chēng v 1; Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 1, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' 1 chēng)
5. chèng verb to weigh
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as chēng (CC-CEDICT '稱'; NCCED '称' chèng)
6. chēng verb to praise; to commend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 赞颂 (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 3; CC-CEDICT '稱'; Guoyu '稱' chēng v 4; Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 3, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 1; Unihan '稱')
7. chēng verb to name; to designate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '稱'; Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 4a, p. 47; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 3; Unihan '稱')
8. chēng noun a name; an appellation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 名称 (ABC 'chēng' 称 bf; Guoyu '稱' chēng n 1; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 4)
9. chēng verb to claim to be; to proclaim oneself
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 自认 (Guoyu '稱' chēng v 5; Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 4, p. 47; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 5)
10. chēng verb to raise; to lift up
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 举 (Guoyu '稱' chēng v 6; Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 2a, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' 3 chēng)
11. chèn verb to pretend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50)
12. chēng verb to consider; to evaluate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 1, p. 47)
13. chēng verb to bow to; to defer to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '稱' chēng 3a, p. 47)
14. chèng noun scales
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '稱' chèng n; Kroll 2015 '稱' chèng 1, p. 47)
15. chèng noun a standard weight
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '稱' chèng 2, p. 47)
16. chēng noun reputation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 名声 (Guoyu '稱' chēng n 2)
17. chèng noun a steelyard
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50)

Contained in

• 不彀称(不彀稱) less than full weight
• 总称(總稱) generic term
• 统称(統稱) to be generally referred to
• 满口称赞(滿口稱讚) to praise profusely
• 称钱(稱錢) rich; well-heeled
• 称病(稱病) to use illness as an excuse
• 两侧对称(兩側對稱) bilateral symmetry
• 缩称(縮稱) abbreviation
• 泛称(泛稱) a general term
• 谑称(謔稱) playful appellation
• 配称(配稱) worthy
• 称说(稱說) to declare; to state; to call; to name
• 称愿(稱願) in accordance with one's wishes
• 人称代词(人稱代詞) personal pronoun
• 称兵(稱兵) to recruit troops
• 非对称(非對稱) asymmetric
• 呈称(呈稱) to make a statemet [to a superior]
• 称兄道弟(稱兄道弟) to call each other brothers
• 假称(假稱) to cheat [by lying]
• 嗟称(嗟稱) admire
• 辐射对称(輻射對稱) radial symmetry
• 官称(官稱) title; official appellation
• 省称(省稱) an abbreviation
• 全称(全稱) full name
• 佥称(僉稱) unanimous statement
• 戏称(戲稱) to jokingly call; jocular appellation
• 自称(自稱) to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess ; to praise oneself
• 对称轴(對稱軸) axis of symmetry; central axis (in Chinese architecture)
• 名称(名稱) name
• 职称(職稱) professional title; job title
• 称人(稱人) to praise other people
• 称重(稱重) to weigh
• 人称(人稱) to be known as ; grammatical person
• 名称标签(名稱標籤) name tag
• 称体裁衣(稱體裁衣) measure the figure and cut garments accordingly; for each to be in agreement
• 称于世(稱于世) praised throughout the land
• 谐称(諧稱) humorous nickname
• 称臣(稱臣) to become the subject of a ruler
• 宣称(宣稱) to assert
• 称便(稱便) to praise something
• 标称(標稱) nominal
• 相称(相稱) to call each other ; to match; to suit
• 第三人称代名词(第三人稱代名詞) third person
• 称号(稱號) name; term of address; title
• 口称(口稱) to speak; to say
• 故称(故稱) hense the name
• 供称(供稱) to make a confession (law)

Also contained in

统一资源名称 、 第一人称 、 称多县 、 小称

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百二十一 志第七十四 禮二十四 Volume 121 Treatises 74: Rites 24 History of Song 宋史 — count: 38
• 卷一百九十一 列傳第七十九 毛澄 汪俊 吳一鵬 朱希周 何孟春 豐熙 徐文華 薛蕙 Volume 191 Biographies 79: Mao Cheng, Wang Jun, Wu Yipeng, Zhu Xizhou, He Mengchun, Feng Xi, Xu Wenhua, Xue Hui History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
• 卷五十八　志第三十九:　百官四 符制 印製 鐵券 官誥 百官俸給 Volume 58 Treatises 39: Official Posts 4 - Counting Systems, Printing, Iron Certificates, Official Proclamations, Official Salaries History of Jin 金史 — count: 35
• 卷一百九十七 列傳第八十五 席書 霍韜 熊浹 黃宗明 黃綰 Volume 197 Biographies 85: Xi Shu, Huo Tao, Xiong Jia, Huang Zongming, Huang Wan History of Ming 明史 — count: 34
• 卷三十九 劉趙淳于江劉周趙列傳 Volume 39: Biographies of Liu, Zhao, Chunyu, Jiang, Liu, Zhou, Zhao Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 33
• 卷一百一十 志第六十三 禮十三 Volume 110 Treatises 63: Rites 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 32
• 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 30
• 隱公 Lord Yin Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 29
• 卷78 孫紹 張普惠 Volume 78: Sun Shao, Zhang Puhui Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 29
• 卷五十一　志第二十: 禮志三 禮志四 Volume 51 Treatises 21: Rites 3 and 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 29

Collocations

• 称夫人 (稱夫人) 不稱夫人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 称子 (稱子) 约与婚姻则称子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 6
• 称使 (稱使) 何以不稱使 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 国称 (國稱) 女在其國稱女 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 称弟 (稱弟) 凡稱弟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 称主人 (稱主人) 婚禮不稱主人 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 称侯 (稱侯) 其餘大國稱侯 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 少称 (少稱) 將尊師少稱將 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 称疾 (稱疾) 僖伯稱疾不從 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
• 称君 (稱君) 凡弒君稱君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2