HSK 5 · Verbs

称 chēng “to call” in Chinese

Traditional 稱

What 称 means

  1. to call
  2. to weigh
  3. to state
  4. to name
  5. appellation
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to praise

How to say 称

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale称chēng1st tone, high and level

称 in a sentence

  1. 她称自己为业余爱好者。

    Tā chēng zìjǐ wéi yèyú àihàozhě.

    She calls herself an amateur.

    Sentence #8750754 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请你称一下这个的重量好吗？

    Qǐng nǐ chēng yíxià zhè ge de zhòngliàng hǎo ma?

    Could you weigh this for me, please?

    Sentence #833237 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 标准汉语又称普通话。

    Biāozhǔn Hànyǔ yòuchēng pǔtōnghuà.

    Standard Chinese is also called Mandarin.

    Sentence #10021329 from Tatoeba

How 称 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 称 (chēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
称chēngto weigh
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 尔you · ěr

How to write 称

称 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

称 (chēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 称 (chēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 称

Words with 称

称呼chēnghu · to call称赞chēngzàn · to praise对称duìchèn · symmetrical称号chēnghào · title称心如意chènxīnrúyì · to be completely satisfied

More words: Thinking & Talking

辩论biànlùn · debate表达biǎodá · to express参考cānkǎo · to consult吵架chǎojià · to quarrel称呼chēnghu · to call称赞chēngzàn · to praise承认chéngrèn · to admit当心dāngxīn · to be careful

FAQs

称 (chēng) means “to call” or “to weigh”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chēng: chēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 称 is written 稱. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 称 from the suggestions. Typing cheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
称 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.