谓
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to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
meaning · Heisig RSH #1649
words + 胃 stomach
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 谓
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不知所谓 | nonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible; to make no sense | |
| 无所谓 | to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be | |
| 主谓结构 | subject-predicate construction | |
| 勿谓言之不预 | (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international dip… | |
| 一之谓甚 | see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yi1 zhi1 wei2 shen4] | |
| 主谓宾 | subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese gram… | |
| 主宾谓 | subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or … | |
| 主谓句 | subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause | |
| 不谓 | cannot be deemed; unexpectedly | |
| 无谓 | pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily | |
| 主谓 | (linguistics) subject and predicate | |
| 谓语 | (grammatical) predicate | |
| 可谓 | it could even be said | |
| 意谓 | to mean; meaning | |
| 谓词 | predicate (in logic and grammar) | |
| 所谓 | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called | |
| 称谓 | title; appellation; form of address | |
| 何谓 | (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of? |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 胃 — compare how they read.