Dictionary › 僭称

僭称

jiàn chēng

2-character word Traditional 僭稱

What 僭称 means

1. to give sb or sth a title one has no authority to give

The characters in 僭称

• 僭jiàn(bound form) to overstep one's authority
• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name

Sounds the same

Read jiàn chēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贱称contemptuous term

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiàn chēng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.