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  • 1

    v.call/say somebody jokingly; nickname

    • dà huǒ xì chēng tā shì wàn shì tōng

      戏称万事通

      Everyone jokingly called her a jack-of-all-trades.

    • yīn wèi tā shuō huà zhí shuǎng dà huǒ xì chēng tā pào tǒng zi

      因为说话直爽大伙戏称炮筒子

      For her candidness, she was nicknamed “Gun Barrel”.

    • tā hěn pàng dà jiā xì chēng tā wéi féi féi

      大家戏称

      She is very fat, so she is jokingly called “Fatty”.

  • 2

    n.nickname

    • wàn shì tōng shì tā de xì chēng

      万事通戏称

      “Jack-of-all-trades” is her nickname.

    • lǎo fū zǐ shì wǒ men duì nǐ de xì chēng

      老夫子我们戏称

      "Pedant" is our nickname for you.