稱為

See also: 称为

Chinese

		to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (稱為/稱爲)		稱	為/爲
simp. (称为)		称	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēngwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ wai⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-ûi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ ui⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tshen-we₆ / ¹tshen-we₂

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēngwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chengwéi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-wei²
    • Yale: chēng-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengwei
    • Palladius: чэнвэй (čɛnvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ wai⁴
    • Yale: chīng wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-ûi
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-uî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheng'uii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ui²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹ ui⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng ûi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ ui⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-we₆
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 we^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-hhue₃
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-we₂
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 we^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰən⁴⁴ ɦue/

Verb

稱為

1. to call; to name; to be called; to be known as

Synonyms

• 號稱／号称 (hàochēng)

Dialectal synonyms of 叫做 (“to be called; to be known as; to be named”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叫做, 叫作, 叫, 稱為, 稱做, 稱作, 名叫, 名為
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	叫做, 叫
	Singapore	叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫做
	Hong Kong	叫做, 叫
	Taishan	喊做
	Kaiping (Chikan)	喊做
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叫
Hakka	Meixian	喊做
	Xingning	喊做, 安做
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	喊做, 安做
	Wuhua (Meilin)	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊做, 安到
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊做, 安到
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊做, 安到
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊做, 安到, 安做, 安著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊做, 安到
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊做, 號做
Southern Min	Xiamen	號做
	Quanzhou	號做
	Zhangzhou	號做
	Tainan	號做, 叫做
	Penang (Hokkien)	叫做
	Singapore (Hokkien)	號做, 叫, 叫做
	Manila (Hokkien)	叫做, 名做
	Shantou	叫做
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	叫做
Wu	Shanghai	叫, 叫做
	Ningbo	謳, 謳做
Xiang	Changsha	喊做