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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

自称 [zìchēng]
  1. 1. call oneself; claim to be; profess
    自称是孔子的后裔。
    He claims to be a descendant of Confucius.
    自称不知情
    profess ignorance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

自称 [zìchēng]
  1. 1. 以某种名号称呼自己
    自称表演艺术家。
  2. 2. 自己声称(含夸大意味)
    该厂自称产品销量全国第一。

Examples

那瞎子自称会给人算命。
The blind man claimed that he could tell people's fortunes.
自称不知情
profess ignorance
自称是个方外高人,我却觉得他吹牛。
He calls himself a person outside the boundaries of this earthly world, which I regard as bullshit.
她扮演的古代佳人总是自称“奴家”。
The beautiful women from antiquity she impersonates always call themselves "Nu Jia".
你真不害臊,在前辈面前还自称雅人。
How can you have had the effrontery to call yourself a scholar in front of the masters ?
自称雅人的人,其实不过是凡夫俗子。
他居然自称天下无敌,太好笑了
匈奴人自称是天之骄子
自称是黑格尔的信徒。

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