称 (稱) chēng chèn

1. chēng verb to call / to address
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Language 语言
   Notes: (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 1; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 3; Unihan '稱')
2. chèn verb to suit / to match / to suit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '称' chèn 1)
3. chēng verb to say
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 2; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 2; Unihan '稱')
4. chēng verb to weigh
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '称' 1 chēng)
5. chēng verb to weigh
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as chēng (NCCED '称' chèng)
6. chēng verb to praise / to commend
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: FGS translation standard: Praise (ABC 'chēng' 称 v 3; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 1; Unihan '稱')
7. chēng verb to name
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (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; NCCED '称' 2 chēng 4)
9. chēng verb to claim to be / to proclaim oneself
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '称' 2 chēng 5)
10. chēng verb to raise / to lift up
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '称' 3 chēng)
11. chèn adjective suitable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'chèn' 称; NCCED '称' chèn 2)

Contained in

• 据称(據稱) it is said that / allgedly / according to reports
• 名称(名稱) name
• 称谓(稱謂) a title / an appellation / a form of address ; to address ; to be called ; to commend / to praise
• 称号(稱號) name / term of address / title
• 职称(職稱) professional title / job title
• 称呼(稱呼) to call / to address as
• 简称(簡稱) abbreviation ; place name short form
• 相称(相稱) to call each other ; to match / to suit
• 称颂(稱頌) to praise
• 人称(人稱) to be known as ; grammatical person
• 人称代词(人稱代詞) personal pronoun
• 称赞(稱讚) to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
• 总称(總稱) generic term
• 称心(稱心) satisfactory / agreeable
• 对称(對稱) symmetrical ; symmetry
• 号称(號稱) to have a reputation as / to be known as
• 宣称(宣稱) to assert
• 尊称(尊稱) a title / an honorific ; to address somebody deferentially
• 称作(稱作) to call or give something a name
• 著称(著稱) to be widely known as
• 略称(略稱) an abbreviation
• 偏旁名称(偏旁名稱) a name of a part of a Chinese character
• 统称(統稱) to be generally referred to
• 称做(稱做) to be called / to be known as
• 通称(通稱) a generic term / a general name
• 故称(故稱) an old term / an obsolete word
• 自称(自稱) to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess ; to praise oneself
• 全称(全稱) full name
• 俗称(俗稱) common name
• 称霸(稱霸) to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role
• 别称(別稱) another name / an alternative name
• 堪称(堪稱) can be rated as / can be said to be
• 又称(又稱) also known as
• 合称(合稱) a common term / a general term
• 第一人称代名词(第一人稱代名詞) first person
• 第二人称代名词(第二人稱代名詞) second person
• 第三人称代名词(第三人稱代名詞) third person
• 称扬(稱揚) to praise / to commend
• 称许(稱許) to praise / to commend
• 代称(代稱) a name established by popular usage
• 昵称(昵稱) a nickname ; nickname / diminutive / term of endearment / to nickname
• 称说(稱說) to declare / to state / to call / to name
• 旧称(舊稱) old term / former name
• 省称(省稱) an abbreviation
• 称为(稱為) to be called / to call by a name / to name
• 泛称(泛稱) a general term

Also contained in

帕楠称寺 、 匀称 、 法称 、 月称 、 并称

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• 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: 38
• 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: 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: 35
• 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: 34
• 隱公 Lord Yin Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》 — count: 34
• 卷九十三　列傳第八十一:　僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 《北史》 — count: 32
• 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

Collocations

• 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
• 称人 (稱人) 其稱人何 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋公羊傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — 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
• 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
• 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: 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
• 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