xưng bá
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seek hegemony
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seek hegemony
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
seek hegemony Politics & Institutions
To declare oneself as a supreme leader or to strive for dominant power.
vi Ông ta luôn muốn xưng bá ở khu vực này.
en He always wants to seek hegemony in this region.
Parts
xưng / bá / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 稱霸 …
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Parts
xưng / bá / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 稱霸 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 稱霸
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
稱霸
Candidates by syllable
xưng
称（稱）
bá
百（伯 / 霸 / 耙）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
nhân xưng / xưng hô / xưng hiệu / xưng xưng …
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Use
nhân xưng / xưng hô / xưng hiệu / xưng xưng …