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Chinese symbol for “allege”

辩称
biàn chēng
Traditional: 辯稱
to argue (that); to allege; to dispute; to plead (e.g. not guilty)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for allege is 辩称 (biàn chēng), defined as: to argue (that); to allege; to dispute; to plead (e.g. not guilty).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

辩 biàn
to argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate
radical 160 ⾟ · 16 strokes
称 chēng
balanced; name, brand; to say, to call
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “allege”

WordPinyinMeaning
申述shēn shùto state; to assert
一口咬定yī kǒu yǎo dìngto arbitrarily assert; to allege
愣说 (愣說)lèng shuō(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辩称.

WordPinyinMeaning
辩论 (辯論)biàn lùndebate; argument
辩护 (辯護)biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of
辩解 (辯解)biàn jiěto explain; to justify
争辩 (爭辯)zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle
辩证法 (辯證法)biàn zhèng fǎdialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate
答辩 (答辯)dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
称为 (稱為)chēng wéito be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
名称 (名稱)míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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