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号称

hào chēng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 號稱

号称 (hào chēng) means "to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 号称 means

1. to be known as; to be nicknamed
2. to be purportedly
3. to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)

The characters in 号称

• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name

Example sentences

• 他虽然号称自己是个社会主义者，但是其实他拥有两套房子还有一辆劳斯莱斯。
  He claims to be a socialist, and yet he has two houses and a Rolls Royce.

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