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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *称* | 称* | *称
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
HSK 2
name (of a thing) / name (of an organization)
HSK 2
symmetry / symmetrical
HSK 7-9
to be abbreviated to / abbreviation; short form
HSK 7-9
to be known as; to be nicknamed / to be purportedly / to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
HSK 7-9
can be rated as / can be said to be
HSK 7-9
to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert
HSK 7-9
to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess / to claim a title
HSK 7-9
to assert / to claim
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *称* | 称* | *称
to fit; to match; to suit / (coll.) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *称* | 称* | *称
old variant of
another name / alternative name
it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say
nickname / diminutive / term of endearment / to nickname
to be collectively called / collective term / general designation
full name
one's professional position / title / job title
generic term
to match / to suit / mutually compatible
nominal (voltage, horsepower etc)
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
nominal
to dub with a nice-sounding appellation / fanciful moniker
common term / general term
commonly referred to as / common term
person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
to claim; to pretend
to address sb deferentially / title / honorific
well proportioned / well shaped
term of endearment / pet name / diminutive
to jokingly call / jocular appellation
alternative name / to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
to claim / to insist
to change a name / to rename
designation / reference / to refer to
to refer broadly to / general term
to speak / to say
to be widely known as
title / official appellation
contemptuous term
worthy
to make a false and unwarranted declaration
abbreviation
to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...) / respectful term of address; honorific title
modest appellation
old term / old way of referring to sth
elegant name / honorific
to claim falsely
to reweigh
to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty)
contemptuous term
playful appellation
to give sb or sth a title one has no authority to give
abbreviation; short form
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
derogatory term / to refer to disparagingly (as)
to be known to history as
to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference
humorous nickname
derogatory term
third person (grammar)
supersymmetry
bilateral symmetry
joint name / combined name
also known as / alternative name / to also be called
to make a confession (law)
also known as
term used to refer to a person who is not present (e.g. 小姨子) (contrasted with 面稱|面称)
unsymmetrical / asymmetric
euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
also called / also known as / a.k.a.
counter scale
enthusiastic praise / to praise highly
abbreviation
radial symmetry
asymmetric
term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称) / to praise sb in their presence


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