僭稱

僭稱

Chinese

		usurp	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. (僭稱)		僭	稱
simp. (僭称)		僭	称

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànchēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim³ cing¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiàm-chheng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànchēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàncheng
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chʻêng¹
    • Yale: jyàn-chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianncheng
    • Palladius: цзяньчэн (czjanʹčɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim³ cing¹
    • Yale: chim chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim³ tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim³ qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm³³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàm-chheng
    • Tâi-lô: tshiàm-tshing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiarmzhefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiam²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiam¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiam²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡ɕʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

僭稱

1. to make an improper claim; to profess incorrectly

   • 總而言之，這一篇也便是「本傳」，但從我的文章著想，因為文體卑下，是「引車賣漿者流」所用的話，所以不敢僭稱。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     总而言之，这一篇也便是“本传”，但从我的文章着想，因为文体卑下，是“引车卖浆者流”所用的话，所以不敢僭称。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1921, 魯迅 [Lu Xun], 《阿Q正傳》 [The True Story of Ah Q]; translation by Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang

     Zǒng'éryánzhī, zhè yī piān yě biàn shì “běnzhuàn”, dàn cóng wǒ de wénzhāng zhuóxiǎng, yīnwèi wéntǐ bēixià, shì “yǐnchēmàijiāng zhě liú” suǒ yòng de huà, suǒyǐ bùgǎn jiànchēng. [Pinyin]

     In short, this is indeed the actual bibliographical recount of life, but since I write in vulgar vein (as in the languages of hucksters and peddlers), I dare not reassuringly lie in order to claim that it deserves such a high-sounding of a title.