命名

mìng míng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Separable verb

命名 (mìng míng) is a Chinese word meaning “to give a name to”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to give a name to
  2. to dub
  3. to christen
  4. to designate
  5. named after
  6. naming

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Example

他們用奶奶的名字為孩子命名。

They named the child after the grandmother.

Related words at this level

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).