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Jyutping cing1 zi1 wai4
Pinyin chēng zhī wéi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to call it...
  2. known as...
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    叫​某人​或物​做​某​名物​;​為​某人​或物​冠上​某​稱號​(​同​「​稱為​」​唔​同​嘅​地方​係​,​「​稱之為​」​有代詞​「​之​」​複​指​,​用法​係​「​稱之為​+​名號​」​。​)
    to call somebody or something as; to refer to as (Note: the difference between 稱之為 and 稱為cing1wai4 is that, 稱之為 is inclusive of the pronoun; the form of usage is usually "稱之為 + title".)
    • 佢已經連續做咗三十幾個鐘頭未瞓過,可以稱之為「鐵人」。
      佢已经连续做咗三十几个钟头未瞓过,可以称之为「铁人」。
      keoi5 ji5 ging1 lin4 zuk6 zou6 zo2 saam1 sap6 gei2 go3 zung1 tau4 mei6 fan3 gwo3, ho2 ji5 cing1 zi1 wai4 tit3 jan4.
      He has been working for over thirty hours without sleeping. He can be referred as an "iron man".
  2. 近義詞
    稱為
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    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”。
    到了每年的年底即年三十的時候,就不僅是新舊兩天的更替,也是新舊歲的更替,稱之為“交子”。
    dào liǎo měi nián de nián dǐ jí nián sān shí de shí hou , jiù bù jǐn shì xīn jiù liǎng tiān de gēng tì , yě shì xīn jiù suì de gēng tì , chēng zhī wéi “ jiāo zi ”。
    • 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'.
  2. Mandarin
    如果我们知道我们在做什么,那么这不能称之为研究,是吗?
    如果我們知道我們在做什麼,那麼這不能稱之為研究,是嗎?
    rú guǒ wǒ men zhī dào wǒ men zài zuò shén me , nà me zhè bu néng chēng zhī wéi yán jiū , shì ma ?
    • If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
  3. Mandarin
    什么样的人会将种族灭绝者,称之为“英雄”?
    什麼樣的人會將種族滅絕者,稱之為“英雄”?
    shén me yàng de rén huì jiāng zhǒng zú miè jué zhě , chēng zhī wéi “ yīng xióng ”?
    • What kind of person looks up to a genocidal killer and calls him a hero?
  4. Mandarin
    美国人称之为越南战争,而越南人称之为美国战争。
    美國人稱之為越南戰爭,而越南人稱之為美國戰爭。
    měi guó rén chēng zhī wéi yuè nán zhàn zhēng , ér yuè nán rén chēng zhī wèi měi guó zhàn zhēng 。
    • Americans call it the Vietnam War; the Vietnamese call it the American War.
  5. Mandarin
    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。
    正如我們的數學家所言,這個空間有三個維度,可稱之為長度,寬度和厚度,並且始終可以通過參考三個平面來定義,每個平面彼此成直角。
    zhèng rú wǒ men de shù xué jiā suǒ yán , zhè ge kōng jiān yǒu sān gè wéi dù , kě chēng zhī wéi cháng dù , kuān dù hé hòu dù , bìng qiě shǐ zhōng kě yǐ tōng guò cān kǎo sān gè píng miàn lái dìng yì , měi gè píng miàn bǐ cǐ chéng zhí jiǎo 。
    • 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.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢已经连续做咗三十几个钟头未瞓过,可以称之为「铁人」。
    佢已經連續做咗三十幾個鐘頭未瞓過,可以稱之為「鐵人」。
    keoi5 ji5 ging1 lin4 zuk6 zou6 zo2 saam1 sap6 gei2 go3 zung1 tau4 mei6 fan3 gwo3, ho2 ji5 cing1 zi1 wai4 tit3 jan4.
    • He has been working for over thirty hours without sleeping. He can be referred as an "iron man".
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    中国人发明了指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术,被称之为中国四大发明。
    中國人發明了指南針、火藥、造紙和印刷術,被稱之為中國四大發明。
    zhōng guó rén fā míng le zhǐ nán zhēn , huǒ yào , zào zhǐ hé yìn shuā shù , bèi chēng zhī wéi zhōng guó sì dà fā míng .
    • The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.
  2. Mandarin
    《切韵》用同一种中州雅言的两派读音折合出未分派之前的音韵系统,含有同一方言内部构拟的意味,足以代表南北朝的共同书面语读音,而决不是像有些先生那样称之为杂糅、综合南北方言的音系[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    《切韻》用同一種中州雅言的兩派讀音摺合出未分派之前的音韻系統,含有同一方言內部構擬的意味,足以代表南北朝的共同書面語讀音,而決不是像有些先生那樣稱之為雜糅、綜合南北方言的音系[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    “ qiè yùn ” yòng tóng yī zhǒng zhōng zhōu yǎ yán de liǎng pài dú yīn zhé hé chū wèi fēn pài zhī qián de yīn yùn xì tǒng , hán yǒu tóng yī fāng yán nèi bù gòu nǐ de yì wèi , zú yǐ dài biǎo nán běi cháo de gòng tóng shū miàn yǔ dú yīn , ér jué bù shì xiàng yǒu xiē xiān shēng nà yàng chēng zhī wèi zá róu , zōng hé nán běi fāng yán de yīn xì …
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  3. Mandarin
    如果更为细致地划分,跨性别群体的范畴也相当广泛,可具体包含:药娘,跨性别女性中,也有一部分被称作“药娘”的群体,他们通过激素治疗、服用药物(一种被称之为“糖”的药物)改变内分泌以改变自身的激素水平,进而改变自己的性征,让自己身体逐渐接近女性,但由于各种各样的因素,仅有部分药娘会实施变性手术;[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    如果更為細緻地劃分,跨性別羣體的範疇也相當廣泛,可具體包含:藥娘,跨性別女性中,也有一部分被稱作“藥娘”的羣體,他們通過激素治療、服用藥物(一種被稱之為“糖”的藥物)改變內分泌以改變自身的激素水平,進而改變自己的性徵,讓自己身體逐漸接近女性,但由於各種各樣的因素,僅有部分藥娘會實施變性手術;[…[[#Chinese|]]]
    rú guǒ gèng wèi xì zhì dì huà fēn , kuà xìng bié qún tǐ de fàn chóu yě xiàng dāng guǎng fàn , kě jù tǐ bāo hán : yào niáng , kuà xìng bié nǚ xìng zhōng , yě yǒu yī bù fēn bèi chēng zuò “ yào niáng ” de qún tǐ , tā men tōng guò jī sù zhì liáo , fú yòng yào wù ( yī zhǒng bèi chēng zhī wèi “ táng ” de yào wù ) gǎi biàn nèi fēn mì yǐ gǎi biàn zì shēn de jī sù shuǐ píng , jì né r5 gǎi biàn zì jǐ de xìng zhēng , ràng zì jǐ shēn tǐ zhú jiàn jiē jìn nǚ xìng , dàn yóu yú gè zhǒng gè yàng de yīn sù , jǐn yǒu bù fēn yào niáng huì shí shī biàn xìng shǒu shù ; …
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