称

稱traditional

HSK 5#360 by frequencyradical 禾

chēng["v","g","vn"]

to name; to state; name; appellation; to weigh; to praise

chèn

to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]

chèng

old variant of 秤[cheng4]

Examples

标准汉语又称普通话。

Standard Chinese is also called Mandarin.

黑麦被称为贫穷的谷物。

Rye was called the grain of poverty.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.