称呼
chēng hu
Pinyin

Definition

称呼
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chēng hu
  1. to call
  2. to address as
  3. appellation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
呼吸
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
呼呼
hū hū
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep
招呼
zhāo hu
  1. 1 to call out to
  2. 2 to greet
  3. 3 to say hello to
  4. 4 to inform
  5. 5 to take care of
  6. 6 to take care that one does not
呼
hū
  1. 1 to call
  2. 2 to cry
  3. 3 to shout
  4. 4 to breath out
  5. 5 to exhale
呼叫
hū jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to yell
  3. 3 (telecommunications) to call
呼吸道
hū xī dào
  1. 1 respiratory tract
呼和浩特
Hū hé hào tè
  1. 1 Hohhot prefecture-level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nèi měng gǔ Zì zhì qū]
呼啦啦
hū lā lā
  1. 1 flapping sound
呼喊
hū hǎn
  1. 1 to shout (slogans etc)
呼唤
hū huàn
  1. 1 to call out (a name etc)
  2. 2 to shout
呼啸
hū xiào
  1. 1 to whistle
  2. 2 to scream
  3. 3 to whiz
呼噜
hū lū
  1. 1 (onom.) wheezing
呼应
hū yìng
  1. 1 to conform (with)
  2. 2 to echo
  3. 3 to correlate well
  4. 4 (linguistics) agreement
呼吁
hū yù
  1. 1 to call on (sb to do sth)
  2. 2 to appeal (to)
  3. 3 an appeal
呼声
hū shēng
  1. 1 a shout
  2. 2 fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
呜呼
wū hū
  1. 1 alas
  2. 2 alack
  3. 3 welladay
  4. 4 wellaway
  5. 5 to die
打呼
dǎ hū
  1. 1 to snore
打呼噜
dǎ hū lu
  1. 1 to snore
打招呼
dǎ zhāo hu
  1. 1 to greet sb by word or action
  2. 2 to give prior notice

Idioms (16)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来，挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
  1. 1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
  3. 3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
  4. 4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
  2. 2 fig. to stir up troubles
唤雨呼风
huàn yǔ hū fēng
  1. 1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
  2. 2 to exercise magical powers
  3. 3 fig. to stir up troubles
  4. 4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]
大声疾呼
dà shēng jí hū
  1. 1 to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention
  2. 2 to make one's views known
徒呼负负
tú hū fù fù
  1. 1 to feel powerless and full of shame (idiom)
振臂一呼
zhèn bì yī hū
  1. 1 to issue a call for action
  2. 2 to raise one's hand and issue a rousing call (idiom)
欢呼雀跃
huān hū què yuè
  1. 1 cheering excitedly (idiom)
  2. 2 jubilant
直呼其名
zhí hū qí míng
  1. 1 to address sb directly by name (idiom)
  2. 2 to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating either familiarity or overfamiliarity)

Sample Sentences

没…没有啊！只是我老公平常也不爱看古装剧，这几天却开始整天朕来朕去地称呼自己，欸！他不会也带哪个野女人上那家宾馆了吧！
méi …méiyǒu ā ！zhǐshì wǒ lǎogōng píngcháng yě bù ài kàn gǔzhuāng jù ，zhè jǐ tiān què kāishǐ zhěngtiān zhèn lái zhèn qù de chēnghu zìjǐ ，éi ！tā bù huì yě dài nǎge yě nǚrén shàng nà jiā bīnguǎn le ba ！
No...not at all! It's just that my husband ins't usually in period dramas, but recently all he's been doing his referring to himself as the emperor. Huh, don't tell me he's brought some hussy to that hotel too!
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请问怎么称呼？
qǐngwèn zěnme chēnghu ？
How may I address you?
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张小姐好啊，还是要称呼张女士？
Zhāng Xiǎojie hǎo a ，háishì yào chēnghu zhāng nǚshì ？
Hello, Miss Zhang, or is it Mrs Zhang?
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你还知道点皮毛嘛。呵呵！罗汉是对释迦牟尼佛弟子里那些修行到了最高境界的弟子的称呼。
nǐ hái zhīdào diǎnr pímáo ma 。hēhē ！luóhàn shì duì Shìjiāmóuní fó dìzǐ lǐ nàxiē xiūxíng dào le zuì gāo jìngjiè de dìzǐ de chēnghu 。
So you do know a thing or two. Hehe. An arhat is what you call one of Siddhartha Buddha's disciples who has attained the highest levels of spiritual perfection.
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您怎么称呼？
nín zěnme chēnghu ？
What should I address you?
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那我应该怎么称呼他？
nà wǒ yīnggāi zěnme chēnghu tā ？
Then how should I address him?
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不同的称呼
bùtóng de chēnghu
Different terms of address.
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很亲的称呼。
hěn qīn de chēnghu 。
A very intimate term of address.
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一般称呼年轻的女性。
yībān chēnghu niánqīng de nǚxìng 。
It's normally used to address younger women.
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这个是以前中国非常常用的一个称呼。
zhè ge shì yǐqián Zhōngguó fēicháng chángyòng de yī ge chēnghu 。
This form of address used to be very common in China.
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