稱呼

See also: 称呼

Chinese

		to call; to praise; to weigh to call; to praise; to weigh; to estimate; to consider; to address; to name; to say; commend; steelyard; balanced; to fit; well-off; suitable	to call; to cry; to shout to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale
trad. (稱呼)		稱	呼
simp. (称呼)		称	呼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēnghū

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ fu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂n-fû
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-ho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ hu¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshen-hu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēnghū → chēnghu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄏㄨ → ㄔㄥ ˙ㄏㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chenghů
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-hu⁵
    • Yale: chēng-hu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng.hu
    • Palladius: чэнху (čɛnxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ xu²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ fu¹
    • Yale: chīng fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ fuː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂n-fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin´ fu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin¹ fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ fu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-hoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhenghof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰeŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ hɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹ hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng hu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ hu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshen-hu
    • MiniDict: tshen^平 hu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshen-hu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰən⁵⁵ hu²¹/

Verb

稱呼

1. to call; to address (someone in the specified way when talking to them)

   你怎麼稱呼？／你怎么称呼？  ―  Nǐ zěnme chēnghū?  ―  What's your name? (literally, "How are you addressed?")

Synonyms

• (regional) 喊 (hǎn)

Related terms

• 叫 (jiào)

Noun

稱呼

1. name; designation
2. term of address; form of address

Synonyms

• (name):

• 叫法 (jiàofǎ)
• 名 (míng)
• 名兒／名儿 (míngr)
• 名字
• 名目 (míngmù)
• 名稱／名称 (míngchēng)
• 名色 (míngsè) (literary)
• 名號／名号 (mínghào) (literary)
• 命名 (mìngmíng)
• 稱號／称号 (chēnghào) (usually a complementary one)
• 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (archaic)