谓 (謂) wèi
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verb
to call
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In literary Chinese this transitory verb takes two arguments: the first object is the thing that is being called, and the second the thing that the first object is called (Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 33-34). -
verb
to speak of / to tell
Domain: Classical Chinese 古文
Notes: In literary Chinese this transitory verb takes two arguments: the person being told something and the thing spoken of. The subject is the person doing the speaking (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 33).
Contained in
所谓 、 称谓 、 可谓 、 谓语 、 无所谓 、 主谓词组 、 主谓句 、 非主谓句 、 动词谓语句 、 形容词谓语句 、 名词谓语句 、 主谓谓语句 、 主谓 、 何谓 、 谓言 、 主谓短语 、 罗谓娑迦遮延 、 意谓 、 谓词
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
| Collection | Document Title | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|
| Book of Later Han 《後漢書》 | 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 | 174 |
| Book of Later Han 《後漢書》 | 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng | 129 |
| Er Ya 《爾雅》 | 《釋器》 Explanation of Utensils | 120 |
| Book of Later Han 《後漢書》 | 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 | 112 |
| The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 | 襄公 Lord Xiang | 108 |
| The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 | 昭公 Lord Zhao | 108 |
| Book of Later Han 《後漢書》 | 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three | 106 |
| Stratagems of the Warring States 《戰國策》 | 卷一 東周 Chapter 1: Eastern Zhou | 103 |
| Rites of Zhou 《周禮》 | 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records | 99 |
| Guoyu 《國語》 | 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III | 99 |
Collocations
| Simplified | Traditional | Example | Example Reference | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 君子谓 | 君子謂 | 君子謂 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 隱公 Lord Yin | 8 |
| 使谓 | 使謂 | 使謂楚文王曰 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 莊公 Lord Zhang | 5 |
| 时谓 | 時謂 | 時謂巫風 | Book of Documents 《尚書》 商書 伊訓 Shang Shu - Instructions of Yi | 4 |
| 谓君 | 謂君 | 其謂君撫小民以信 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 桓公 Lord Huan | 4 |
| 谓文王 | 謂文王 | 帝謂文王 | The Book of Songs 《詩經》 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi | 3 |
| 伯谓 | 伯謂 | 秦伯謂郤芮曰 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi | 3 |
| 人谓 | 人謂 | 晉人謂之鄂侯 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 隱公 Lord Yin | 3 |
| 谓子 | 謂子 | 秦伯謂子桑 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi | 3 |
| 谓礼 | 謂禮 | 子父不奸之謂禮 | The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 僖公 Lord Xi | 3 |
| 帝谓 | 帝謂 | 帝謂文王 | The Book of Songs 《詩經》 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi | 3 |