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称之为

chēng zhī wéi

3-character word Traditional 稱之為

What 称之为 means

1. to call it...
2. known as...

The characters in 称之为

• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Example sentences

• 什么样的人会将种族灭绝者，称之为“英雄”？
  Shénmeyàng de rén huì jiāng zhǒngzúmièjué zhě, chēngzhīwéi "yīngxióng "?
  What kind of person looks up to a genocidal killer and calls him a hero?
• 如果我们知道我们在做什么，那么这不能称之为研究，是吗？
  Rúguǒ wǒmen zhīdào wǒmen zài zuò shénme, nàme zhè bù néng chēngzhīwéi yánjiū, shì ma?
  If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
• 如果我们知道我们在做什幺，那幺这不能称之为研究，是吗？
  If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
• 到了每年的年底即年三十的时候，就不仅是新旧两天的更替，也是新旧岁的更替，称之为“交子”。
  Dào le měinián de niándǐ jí niánsānshí de shíhou, jiù bù jǐn shì xīn jiù liǎng tiān de gēngtì, yě shì xīn jiù suì de gēngtì, chēngzhīwéi "jiāo zǐ ".
  Arriving at the end of each year (that is, the last day of the lunar calendar) wasn't just a new day taking over from the previous one, but also a new year taking over from the previous one, and this was called 'first exchange'.
• 正如我们的数学家所言，这个空间有三个维度，可称之为长度，宽度和厚度，并且始终可以通过参考三个平面来定义，每个平面彼此成直角。
  Zhèngrú wǒmen de shùxuéjiā suǒ yán, zhège kōngjiān yǒu sān gè wéidù, kě chēngzhīwéi chángdù, kuāndù hé hòudù, bìngqiě shǐzhōng kěyǐ tōngguò cānkǎo sān gè píngmiàn lái dìngyì, měi gè píngmiàn bǐcǐ chéng zhíjiǎo.
  That Space, as our mathematicians have it, is spoken of as having three dimensions, which one may call Length, Breadth, and Thickness, and is always definable by reference to three planes, each at right angles to the others.