称 (chēng): to weigh, to state, to name, name, appellation, to praise, to fit, to match, to suit, (coll.) to have, to possess
称 (chēng) is a Chinese character meaning “to weigh.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (structural) and 尔 (structural). It ranks #449 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to weigh
- to state
- to name
- name
- appellation
- to praise
- to fit
- to match
- to suit
- (coll.) to have
- to possess
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 称
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 称呼verb/noun | chēng hu | to call | 6 |
| 称为verb | chēng wéi | to be called | 5 |
| 称作verb | chēng zuò | to be called | 6 |
| 称赞verb | chēng zàn | to praise | 5 |
| 名称noun | míng chēng | name (of a thing) | 5 |
| 称号noun | chēng hào | name | 6 |
| 对称adjective | duì chèn | symmetry | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声称verb | shēng chēng | to claim |
| 称之为 | chēng zhī wéi | to call it... |
| 自称verb | zì chēng | to call oneself |
| 宣称verb | xuān chēng | to assert |
| 称职adjective | chèn zhí | well qualified |
| 简称noun | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to |
| 称得上verb | chēng de shàng | can be counted as |
| 著称verb | zhù chēng | to be widely known as |
| 号称verb | hào chēng | to be known as |
| 称霸verb | chēng bà | lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon |
| 堪称verb | kān chēng | can be rated as |
| 人称noun | rén chēng | (grammar) person (first person etc) |
| 相称verb | xiāng chèn | to match |
| 辩称verb | biàn chēng | to argue (that) |
| 据称verb | jù chēng | it is said |
称 appears in 100 compound words: 28 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 1 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 称 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
称字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
chèn zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "称" has different usages in different contexts.
格陵兰岛自治政府总理称无意接收特朗普所称派往当地的医疗船
gé líng lán dǎo zì zhì zhèng fǔ zǒng lǐ chèn wú yì jiē shōu tè lǎng pǔ suǒ chèn pài wǎng dāng dì de yī liáo chuán
The prime minister of Greenland's autonomous government said he had no intention of receiving the medical ship that Trump said was sent to the area
“新春走基层”国外游客称赞贵州“秒通关”
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng guó wài yóu kè chèn zàn guì zhōu miǎo tōng guān
"New Year at the grassroots level" foreign tourists praise Guizhou for "customs clearance in seconds"
豪赌AI却让普通员工买单?Meta据称连续两年削减..
háo dǔ A I què ràng pǔ tōng yuán gōng mǎi dān ? M e t a jù chèn lián xù liǎng nián xiāo jiǎn . .
Gambling on AI but making ordinary employees pay? Meta is said to have cut for two consecutive years:
俄方称欧洲在乌克兰问题上更倾向于延续冲突
é fāng chèn ōu zhōu zài wū kè lán wèn tí shàng gēng qīng xiàng yú yán xù chōng tū
Russia said that Europe is more inclined to continue the conflict on the Ukraine issue
回应法国质疑 欧委会称受邀参加“和平委员会”会议是..
huí yīng fǎ guó zhì yí ōu wěi huì chèn shòu yāo cān jiā hé píng wěi yuán huì huì yì shì . .
In response to France's doubts, the European Commission said that the invitation to the meeting of the "Peace Commission" was:
这鸟你们用英语怎么称呼？
Zhè niǎo nǐmen yòng Yīngyǔ zěnme chēnghu?
What do you call this bird in English?
你是怎么称呼你父亲的呢？
Nǐ shì zěnme chēnghu nǐ fùqīn de ne?
What do you call your father?
什么样的人会将种族灭绝者，称之为“英雄”？
Shénmeyàng de rén huì jiāng zhǒngzúmièjué zhě, chēngzhīwéi "yīngxióng "?
What kind of person looks up to a genocidal killer and calls him a hero?
神迹称作神迹是因为它们从不发生！
Shénjì chēngzuò shénjì shì yīnwèi tāmen cóngbù fāshēng!
Miracles are called miracles because they never happen!
Character Family
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