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命名

mìngmíng
HSK 7-9

“To give a name to” in Chinese is 命名 (mìngmíng).

Meaning

  • to give a name to
  • to dub
  • to christen
Show 3 more meanings
  • to designate
  • named after
  • naming

Example

他以他祖父的名字被命名。

He was named after his grandfather.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

mìngHSK 38 strokeslifemíngHSK 16 strokesname

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Not to be confused with: 明明 (míngmíng, obviously)