通称
tōngchēng
通称 — tōngchēng
- to be generally referred to (as)
他通称为“老李”。 tā tōngchēng wèi lǎolǐ — He is generally referred to as "Old Li."
- generic term
这个词是对这种现象的通称。 zhège cí shì duì zhèzhǒng xiànxiàng de tōngchēng — This word is the generic term for this phenomenon.