称 chēng / chèn in a sentence
Call (express - weigh); Matched
称 (chēng / chèn) means Call (express - weigh), Matched. Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
大家都 称 他为老师。
Dàjiā dōu chēng tā wéi lǎoshī.
Everyone calls him teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称
请帮我 称 一下这些水果。
Qǐng bāng wǒ chēng yíxià zhèxiē shuǐguǒ.
Please weigh this fruit for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称
老师 称 赞了他的作文。
Lǎoshī chēngzàn le tā de zuòwén.
The teacher praised his composition.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称赞
蝴蝶的翅膀是对 称 的。
Húdié de chìbǎng shì duìchèn de.
A butterfly's wings are symmetrical.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 对称
这座建筑左右完全对 称 。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù zuǒyòu wánquán duìchèn.
This building is perfectly symmetrical from left to right.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 对称
同事之间的 称 呼比较随便。
Tóngshì zhījiān de chēnghu bǐjiào suíbiàn.
The way colleagues address each other is fairly casual.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称呼
大家都 称 赞这个孩子懂事。
Dàjiā dōu chēngzàn zhège háizi dǒngshì.
Everyone praises this child for being sensible.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称赞
生活很难事事都 称 心如意。
Shēnghuó hěn nán shìshì dōu chènxīnrúyì.
In life it is hard for everything to turn out just as one wishes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 称心如意
请把水果放到秤上 称 一 称 。
Qǐng bǎ shuǐguǒ fàng dào chèng shang chēng yi chēng.
Please put the fruit on the scales and weigh it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 秤
他获得了全国优秀教师的 称 号。
Tā huòdé le quánguó yōuxiù jiàoshī de chēnghào.
He was given the title of national outstanding teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 称号
这座城市素有花园之城的 称 号。
Zhè zuò chéngshì sù yǒu huāyuán zhī chéng de chēnghào.
This city has long borne the name of the garden city.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 称号
合同里把三方分别 称 为甲、乙、丙。
Hétong lǐ bǎ sān fāng fēnbié chēngwéi jiǎ, yǐ, bǐng.
The contract calls the three parties A, B and C respectively.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丙
他终于找到了一份 称 心如意的工作。
Tā zhōngyú zhǎodào le yí fèn chènxīnrúyì de gōngzuò.
He has at last found a job entirely to his liking.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 称心如意
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How is 称 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 称 (chēng / chèn, "Call (express - weigh), Matched"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 称 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 称 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 称 an HSK word?
Yes — 称 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 称?
The dictionary page for 称 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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