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)

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 2