稱霸

Chinese

		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	feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant feudal chief; rule by force; tyrant; lord; master; hegemon; usurp
trad. (稱霸)		稱	霸
simp. (称霸)		称	霸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēngbà

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥㄅㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ baa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-pà

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chēngbà
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥㄅㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chengbà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹-pa⁴
  - Yale: chēng-bà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chengbah
  - Palladius: чэнба (čɛnba)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ pä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ baa³
  - Yale: chīng ba
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ baa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ba³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ paː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-pà
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-pà
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhengpax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pa²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ pa⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pa²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pa¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ pa²¹/

Verb

稱霸

to proclaim oneself hegemon; to seek hegemony; to tyrannise
to take a leading role; to dominate

Synonyms

(to proclaim oneself hegemon): 稱雄／称雄 (chēngxióng)

Derived terms

稱王稱霸／称王称霸 (chēngwángchēngbà)

Related terms

稱帝／称帝 (chēngdì)
稱王／称王 (chēngwáng)
稱雄／称雄 (chēngxióng)

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