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English

1. to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
2. to call or to refer to someone or something as; to give a title to somebody or something; to know asunreviewed?

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

• 佢稱為年度最佳作家。

  He was acclaimed as the best writer of the year.

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• 留喺日本嘅美軍同日本女人嘅仔女，被貶低噉稱為混血兒。

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• 美國軍人同駐日日本女性所生嘅小朋友被稱為「愛之子」，意圖係侮辱人。

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• 禪宗被稱為佛心宗，因為佢嘅根本宗旨係直接將佛心由師傳畀弟子，而唔需要依賴文字或經文。

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• 有人話「食大約四分一頭嘅生菜會令人眼瞓」，而喺韓國，佢被稱為司機返工前唔應該食嘅食物。

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• 由平安時代後期到鎌倉時代，由於佛教同淨土佛教嘅興起，誕生咗被稱為鎌倉新佛教嘅各種宗派。

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  香港、台灣、韓國同新加坡被稱為亞洲四小龍。

  Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore are called the "Four Asian Dragons".