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称为 (chēng wéi): To be called (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

称为 consists of 2 characters.

fit; match; to name

to be; to become; to act as

Word Info

Pinyinchēng wéi

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

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 5

SyntaxVerb

Word称为

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 称为.

Words with 称

名称míng chēngHSK 5
称呼chēng huHSK 5
称赞chēng zànHSK 5
对称duì chènHSK 6
称作chēng zuòHSK 6
称号chēng hàoHSK 6
称心如意chèn xīn rú yìHSK 6
俗称sú chēngHSK 7-9

Words with 为

因为yīn wèiHSK 2
为什么wèi shén meHSK 2
为了wèi leHSK 3
认为rèn wéiHSK 3
以为yǐ wéiHSK 4
分为fēn wéiHSK 4
成为chéng wéiHSK 4
作为

zuò wéi

HSK 5

3.

Example Sentences with 称为

Zhè这

zhǒng种

xīn新

xíng型

cái材

liào料

bèi被

chēng称

wéi为

'

wèi未

lái来

de的

jīn金

shǔ属

'

。

This new type of material is called 'the metal of the future'.

zhè这

ge个

yán严

lì厉

de的

fǎ法

guān官

bèi被

dà大

jiā

běi北

jīng京

de的

guó国

jiā家

tǐ体

yù育

chǎng场

yīn因

wèi

ruò若

lùn论

chǔ处

lǐ理

rén人

jì际

guān关

xì系

de的

jì

cóng从

fǎ法

lǜ律

jiǎo角

dù度

kàn看

，

wǒ我

men们

bù不

家

chēng称

wéi为

huó活

yán阎

wáng王

。

This strict judge is called a living King of Hell by everyone.

为

wài外

xíng形

xiàng像

niǎo鸟

cháo巢

，

suǒ所

yǐ以

bèi被

dà大

jiā家

chēng称

wéi为

“

niǎo鸟

cháo巢

”

。

Beijing's National Stadium is called the 'Bird's Nest' by everyone because its shape resembles a bird's nest.

技

qiǎo巧

，

tā他

kǒng恐

pà怕

bú不

kuì愧

bèi被

chēng称

wéi为

zhuān专

jiā家

。

When it comes to the skill of handling interpersonal relationships, he is probably not worthy of being called an expert.

néng能

jiǎn简

dān单

dì地

jiāng将

chí持

yì异

yì议

zhě者

chēng称

wéi为

fēng疯

zǐ子

。

From a legal perspective, we cannot simply label dissenters as madmen.