Chinese word dictionary

号称

hàochēng · to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified号称

Traditional號稱

Pinyinhàochēng

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

号hào

mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar

称chēng

balanced; name, brand; to say, to call

How to learn 号称

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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号hào

ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people

号码hàomǎ

number; CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4]

信号xìnhào

signal

称chēng

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

称chēng

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

称为chēngwéi

to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."