妄稱

Chinese

		absurd; fantastic	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
trad. (妄稱)		妄	稱
simp. (妄称)		妄	称

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngchēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁵ cing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngchēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄔㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngcheng
  - Wade–Giles: wang⁴-chʻêng¹
  - Yale: wàng-chēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqcheng
  - Palladius: ванчэн (vančɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mong⁵ cing¹
  - Yale: móhng chīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁵ tsing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mong⁵ qing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ¹³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

妄稱

to make an improper claim; to be so presumptuous as to claim or call oneself as
- 我們如果僅僅讀了他們的著作，但是沒有進一步地根據他們的理論來研究中國的歷史實際和革命實際，沒有企圖在理論上來思考中國的革命實踐，我們就不能妄稱為馬克思主義的理論家。 [MSC, trad.]
  我们如果仅仅读了他们的著作，但是没有进一步地根据他们的理论来研究中国的历史实际和革命实际，没有企图在理论上来思考中国的革命实践，我们就不能妄称为马克思主义的理论家。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Wǒmen rúguǒ jǐnjǐn dú le tāmen de zhùzuò, dànshì méiyǒu jìnyībù de gēnjù tāmen de lǐlùn lái yánjiū Zhōngguó de lìshǐ shíjì hé gémìng shíjì, méiyǒu qǐtú zài lǐlùn shàng lái sīkǎo Zhōngguó de gémìng shíjiàn, wǒmen jiù bùnéng wàngchēng wéi Mǎkèsī zhǔyì de lǐlùnjiā. [Pinyin]
  If we merely read their works but do not proceed to study the realities of China's history and revolution in the light of their theory or do not make any effort to think through China's revolutionary practice carefully in terms of theory, we should not be so presumptuous as to call ourselves Marxist theorists.
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- 不可妄稱耶和華你神的名，因為妄稱耶和華名的，耶和華必不以他為無罪。 [MSC, trad.]
  不可妄称耶和华你神的名，因为妄称耶和华名的，耶和华必不以他为无罪。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 出埃及記 (Exodus) 20:7
  Bùkě wàngchēng Yēhéhuá nǐ Shén de míng, yīnwèi wàngchēng Yēhéhuá míng de, Yēhéhuá bì bù yǐ tā wéi wúzuì. [Pinyin]
  You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

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