可谓
kěwèi
it may be said; can be called
Characters in this word
谓 wèi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 胃 stomach
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项制度把审批时间压缩到一天，可谓行政效率的一次突破。 Zhè xiàng zhìdù bǎ shěnpī shíjiān yāsuō dào yì tiān, kěwèi xíngzhèng xiàolǜ de yí cì tūpò. This system has reduced approval time to one day; it may be called a breakthrough in administrative efficiency.
- 这家小店的生意可谓一年比一年好。 Zhè jiā xiǎo diàn de shēngyi kěwèi yì nián bǐ yì nián hǎo. This little shop's business can truly be said to get better year by year.
- 他在北京住了二十年，可谓半个北京人了。 Tā zài Běijīng zhù le èrshí nián, kěwèi bàn ge Běijīngrén le. He has lived in Beijing for twenty years, so he can be called half a Beijinger.