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HSK
name (of a thing) / name (of an organization)
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稱* | 稱* | *稱
to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise
HSK 2
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
HSK 3
to praise / to acclaim / to commend / to compliment
HSK 4
name / term of address / title
HSK 5
to be abbreviated to / abbreviation; short form
HSK 7-9
to call; to address as / form of address; appellation
HSK 7-9
to call oneself / to claim to be / to profess / to claim a title
HSK 7-9
symmetry / symmetrical
HSK 7-9
to claim / to state / to proclaim / to assert
HSK 7-9
can be rated as / can be said to be
HSK 7-9
to assert / to claim
HSK 7-9
to be known as; to be nicknamed / to be purportedly / to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
HSK 7-9
to be called; to be known as
HSK 7-9
can be counted as
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稱* | 稱* | *稱
to fit; to match; to suit / (coll.) to have; to possess / Taiwan pr. [cheng4]
person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as
one's professional position / title / job title
to be generally referred to (as) / generic term
commonly referred to as / common term
nickname / diminutive / term of endearment / to nickname
full name
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稱* | 稱* | *稱
old variant of
title; appellation; form of address
also known as
to make a false and unwarranted declaration
lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon / to take a leading role / to build a personal fiefdom
another name / alternative name
to be widely known as
it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say
joint name / combined name
to jokingly call / jocular appellation
to claim; to pretend
to address sb deferentially / title / honorific
third person (grammar)
designation / reference / to refer to
to match / to suit / mutually compatible
to weigh
to declare oneself emperor / to win the best actor award
well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well
to dub with a nice-sounding appellation / fanciful moniker
common term / general term
to commend / to praise
old term / old way of referring to sth
to change a name / to rename
(idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom) / to be astonished
nominal (voltage, horsepower etc)
satisfactory / agreeable
to express thanks
to make a confession (law)
to refer broadly to / general term
to acclaim / to sing the praises of
world-renowned
to praise / to commend
modest appellation
to address or refer to (sb) respectfully (as ...) / respectful term of address; honorific title
to feel gratified (esp. at the misfortune of a loathed person); to have one's wish fulfilled
to be satisfactory
playful appellation
axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture)
well proportioned / well shaped
to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty)
to speak / to say
enthusiastic praise / to praise highly
to praise
term of endearment / pet name / diminutive
abbreviation
to praise / to compliment
(coll.) rich / well-heeled
nominal
to claim falsely
to declare; to state / to call; to name
copyright / rights to a trademark
to claim / to insist
to give sb or sth a title one has no authority to give
voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
abbreviation; short form
symmetry
Chindu County (Tibetan: khri 'du rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州, Qinghai
personal pronoun
epistolary formula used at the head of a letter
to be called / to be known as
to weigh
collectively known as / to call sth as a group
derogatory term / to refer to disparagingly (as)
to call it... / known as...
also known as / alternative name / to also be called
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
to be known to history as
unsymmetrical / asymmetric
alternative name / to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
asymmetric
first-person shooter (video game genre)
humorous nickname
to cluck one's tongue in wonder
symmetric space (math.)
symmetry (as an aesthetic quality)
abbreviation

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