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命名 mìngmíng

命名 mìngmíng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 命名 mìngmíng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mìngmíng | ming4 ming2
English translation
to give a name to
to dub
to christen
to designate
named after
naming

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Traditional form

命名 mìngmíng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 命名 mìngmíng

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mìng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and Líng represents the sound. Originally Líng and mìng were variations of the same character.

Positional decomposition

令口

Number of Strokes

8
míng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Traditionally explained as identifying youself at night () by saying ( kǒu ) your name ( míng ) because is too dark for others to see you.

Positional decomposition

夕口

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 命名 mìngmíng

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托尼领洗 lǐng xǐ shí 命名 mìngmíng 安东尼 Ān dōng ní .

Tony was christened Antony.

皮兰德 lóu de 戏剧 xìjù 命名 mìngmíng wéi 六个寻找 xúnzhǎo 作者 zuòzhě de 剧中人》。

Pirandello titled his play "Six Characters in Search of an Author"

一颗 wéi 人知 de 行星 xíng xīng bèi 命名 mìngmíng wéi 祝融 Zhù róng ”。

The name Vulcan was given to the undiscovered planet.

命名 mìngmíng Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 命名 mìngmíng and their own compounds.

命名 mìngmíng Compounds

See all 10 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 命名 mìngmíng in their composition.

  • mìng
  • míng
    • míng , mǐng , míng , míng , míng , míng , , ,
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