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谓

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Definitions

  1. 1. to speak
  2. 2. to say
  3. 3. to name
  4. 4. to designate
  5. 5. meaning
  6. 6. sense

Example Sentences

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我无所 谓 。
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Words Containing 谓

可谓
kě wèi

it could even be said

所谓
suǒ wèi

what is called

无所谓
wú suǒ wèi

to be indifferent

一之谓甚
yī zhī wèi shèn

see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yī zhī wéi shèn]

不知所谓
bù zhī suǒ wèi

nonsense

不谓
bù wèi

cannot be deemed

主谓句
zhǔ wèi jù

subject-predicate sentence

主谓结构
zhǔ wèi jié gòu

subject-predicate construction

主谓宾
zhǔ wèi bīn

subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)

主宾谓
zhǔ bīn wèi

subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)

何谓
hé wèi

(literary) what is?

勿谓言之不预
wù wèi yán zhī bù yù

(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)

意谓
yì wèi

to mean

无谓
wú wèi

pointless

称谓
chēng wèi

title; appellation; form of address

谓词
wèi cí

predicate (in logic and grammar)

谓语
wèi yǔ

(grammatical) predicate

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