号称

號稱
hàochēng
  1. to be known as; to be nicknamed
  2. to be purportedly
  3. to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 号 hào
  1. ordinal number
  2. day of a month
  3. mark
  4. sign
  5. business establishment
  6. size
  7. ship suffix
  8. horn (wind instrument)
  9. bugle call
  10. assumed name
  11. to take a pulse
  12. classifier used to indicate number of people
2 称 chēng
  1. to weigh
  2. to state
  3. to name
  4. name
  5. appellation
  6. to praise