hào chēng

Traditional: 號稱

HSK 7–9

号称 (hào chēng) is a Chinese word meaning “to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be known as; to be nicknamed
  2. 2to be purportedly
  3. 3to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 号称

号háo · (bound form) to wail; to howl称chèn · to fit; to match; to suit

Related words

号(bound form) to wail; to howl号(literary) to call out; to command号码number信号signal称to fit; to match; to suit称to weigh称old variant of 秤[cheng4]称呼to call; to address as称为to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."声称to claim称之为to call it...头号first rate

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