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宣称

xuān chēng

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

宣称 (xuān chēng) means "to assert; to claim". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 宣称 means

1. to assert
2. to claim

The characters in 宣称

• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name

Example sentences

• 当两个女生都跟约翰宣称她们对他有感觉时，他不知道该跟哪个谈恋爱了。
  When both girls told John they had feelings for him, he was in a quandary as to which girl he should be with.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xuān chēng correctly.
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