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称作

chēng zuò

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 稱作

称作 (chēng zuò) means "to be called; to be known as". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 称作 means

1. to be called; to be known as

The characters in 称作

• 称chēngto weigh; to state; to name
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign

Example sentences

• 香港被称作东方之珠。
  Hong Kong is referred to as the Pearl of Asia.
• 我将建筑称作被冻结的音乐。
  Wǒ jiāng jiànzhù chēngzuò bèi dòngjié de yīnyuè.
  I call architecture frozen music.
• 瓜地马拉曾经被称作香蕉共和国。
  Guādìmǎlā céngjīng bèi chēngzuò xiāngjiāo gònghéguó.
  Guatemala was once qualified as a banana republic.
• 神迹称作神迹是因为它们从不发生！
  Miracles are called miracles because they never happen!
• 如果有任何东西可以称作神圣的，那就是人体。
  Rúguǒ yǒu rènhé dōngxi kěyǐ chēngzuò shénshèng de, nà jiùshì réntǐ.
  If anything is to be called sacred, it's the human body.
• 昨天是历史，明天是谜团，只有今天是天赐的礼物。那就是它为什么被称作“当下”的原因。
  Zuótiān shì lìshǐ, míngtiān shì mítuán, zhǐ yǒu jīntiān shì tiāncì de lǐwù. nà jiùshì tā wèishénme bèi chēngzuò “ dāngxià ” de yuányīn.
  Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present".

Sounds the same

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

• 称做to be called; to be known as

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