称 (稱) chēng
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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') -
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 '稱' chèn 1, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' chèn 1) -
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') -
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 '稱' chēng 1, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' 1 chēng) -
verb
to weigh
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as chēng (CC-CEDICT '稱'; NCCED '称' chèng) -
verb
to praise / to commend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 赞颂; FGS translation standard: Praise (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 3; CC-CEDICT '稱'; Guoyu '稱' chēng v 4; Kroll '稱' chēng 3, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 1; Unihan '稱') -
verb
to name / to designate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '稱'; Kroll '稱' chēng 4a, p. 47; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 3; Unihan '稱') -
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) -
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 '稱' chēng 4, p. 47; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 5) -
verb
to raise / to lift up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 举 (Guoyu '稱' chēng v 6; Kroll '稱' chēng 2a, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50; NCCED '称' 3 chēng) -
verb
to pretend
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50) -
verb
to consider / to evaluate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '稱' chēng 1, p. 47) -
verb
to bow to / to defer to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '稱' chēng 3a, p. 47) -
noun
scales
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '稱' chèng n; Kroll '稱' chèng 1, p. 47) -
noun
a standard weight
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll '稱' chèng 2, p. 47) -
noun
reputation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 名声 (Guoyu '稱' chēng n 2) -
noun
a steelyard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '稱', p. 50)
Contained in
- 不称其识(不稱其識) not able to perform the requirements of a position
- 对称美(對稱美) symmetry (as an aesthetic quality)
- 著称于世(著稱於世) world-renowned
- 第一人称代名词(第一人稱代名詞) first person
- 对称破缺(對稱破缺) symmetry breaking
- 第三人称代名词(第三人稱代名詞) third person
- 称述(稱述) to describe
- 自发对称破缺(自發對稱破缺) spontaneous symmetry breaking
- 谎称(謊稱) to claim / to pretend
- 供称(供稱) to make a confession (law)
- 南面称王(南面稱王) call oneself king
- 统称为(統稱為) collectively known as / to call something as a group
- 称言(稱言) to call
- 称誉(稱譽) to praise
- 鄙称(鄙稱) derogatory term
- 偏旁名称(偏旁名稱) a name of a part of a Chinese character
- 称心(稱心) satisfactory / agreeable
- 讳称(諱稱) euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference
- 称引(稱引) to cite as evidence ; to describe / to state
- 报称(報稱) to describe in a report ; to repay a complement
- 号称(號稱) to have a reputation as / to be known as
- 称便(稱便) to praise something
- 公称(公稱) nominal
- 称意(稱意) satisfactory / satisfied
- 值得称赞(值得稱讚) commendable
- 对称(對稱) symmetrical ; symmetry
- 称颂(稱頌) to praise
- 称人意(稱人意) according with the expectations of others
- 称进(稱進) to weigh incoming goods
- 总称(總稱) generic term
- 称其位(稱其位) equal in position
- 蔑称(蔑稱) contemptuous term
- 宣称(宣稱) to assert
- 称作(稱作) to call or give something a name
- 称出(稱出) to weigh outgoing goods
- 美称(美稱) to dub with a nice-sounding appellation / fanciful moniker
- 著称(著稱) to be widely known as
- 自称(自稱) to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess ; to praise oneself
- 不彀称(不彀稱) less than full weight
- 俯首称臣(俯首稱臣) to bow before / to capitulate
- 姓名全称(姓名全稱) full name
Also contained in
佛说称扬诸佛功德经 、 第一人称 、 释迦称 、 法称菩萨 、 称戒 、 称多 、 称扬诸佛功德经
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- 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95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 34
- 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: 33
- 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
- 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
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: 5
- 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
- 称公子 (稱公子) 何以不稱公子 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 称师 (稱師) 將卑師眾稱師 — 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
- 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: 3