称
3 readings · tap one to hear it
to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 称
- Common rank
- #645
- Unicode
- U+79F0
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Words with 称
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中心对称 | (geometry) point symmetry | |
| 称多县 | Chindu, a county in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[Yu4 shu4 Zang4 zu2… | |
| 称心如意 | (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish | |
| 人称代词 | personal pronoun | |
| 称得上 | can be counted as | |
| 不对称 | unsymmetrical; asymmetric | |
| 对称性 | symmetry | |
| 山中无老虎，猴子称大王 | in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom); (depending on the source, th… | |
| 对称空间 | symmetric space (math.) | |
| 称之为 | to call it...; known as... | |
| 对称美 | symmetry (as an aesthetic quality) | |
| 人称 | (grammar) person (first person etc); called; known as | |
| 称心 | satisfactory; agreeable | |
| 自称 | to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title | |
| 公称 | nominal | |
| 面称 | term used to directly address a person (contrasted with 背稱|背称[bei4 cheng1]); to praise sb … | |
| 名称权 | copyright; rights to a trademark | |
| 提称语 | epistolary formula used at the head of a letter | |
| 口称 | to speak; to say | |
| 称道 | to commend; to praise |