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称
稱
chēng
1.
to weigh
2.
to state
3.
to name
4.
name
5.
appellation
6.
to praise
HSK 5
Very Common • Top 2%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
并称
bìngchēng
joint name
亦称
yìchēng
also known as
人称
rénchēng
person (first person, second person etc in grammar)
代称
dàichēng
alternative name
供称
gòngchēng
to make a confession (law)
俗称
súchēng
commonly referred to as
全称
quánchēng
full name
公称
gōngchēng
nominal
别称
biéchēng
another name
又称
yòuchēng
also known as
口称
kǒuchēng
to speak
合称
héchēng
common term
名称
míngchēng
name (of a thing)
坚称
jiānchēng
to claim
堪称
kānchēng
can be rated as
妄称
wàngchēng
to make a false and unwarranted declaration
婉称
wǎnchēng
euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
官称
guānchēng
title
宣称
xuānchēng
to assert
尊称
zūnchēng
to address sb deferentially
Alternate Entries
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 448
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,368 of 84,292