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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

称霸

chēngbà

lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon

02

to take a leading role

03

to build a personal fiefdom

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 称霸 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 称霸 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

这场战役让拿破仑称霸了整个欧洲。zhè chǎng zhàn yì ràng ná pò lún chēng bà le zhěng gè ōu zhōu。

This battle left Napoleon master of Europe.

那位棋手年仅二十便称霸赛场,气势如日中天。nà wèi qí shǒu nián jǐn èr shí biàn chēng bà sài chǎng, qì shì rú rì zhōng tiān。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 称霸.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 称霸.

Directly before

  • 拿破仑称霸1
  • 便称霸1

Directly after

  • 称霸了1
  • 称霸赛场1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 称霸

What does 称霸 mean in Chinese?

称霸 (chēngbà) means lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon.

How do you pronounce 称霸?

称霸 is pronounced chēngbà.

Is 称霸 an HSK word?

称霸 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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