稱cing1作zok3

English

1. to be called; to be known as
2. to call somebody or something as; to give a title to somebody or somethingunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 叫某人或物做某名物；為某人或物冠上某稱號unreviewed?

Examples

• 香港被稱作東方之珠。

  Hong Kong is referred to as the Pearl of Asia.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我將建築稱作被凍結的音樂。

  I call architecture frozen music.

  Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

• 漢字的基本單位稱作「部首」。

  The basic components of Chinese characters are called "radicals".

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 瓜地馬拉曾經被稱作香蕉共和國。

  Guatemala was once qualified as a banana republic.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 神迹称作神迹是因为它们从不发生！

  Miracles are called miracles because they never happen!

  Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

• 如果有任何東西可以稱作神聖的，那就是人體。

  If anything is to be called sacred, it's the human body.

  Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY