命名

mìng míng · ming ming

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bù)遵(zūn)守(shǒu)命(mìng)名(míng)规(guī)则(zé)会(huì)导(dǎo)致(zhì)解(jiě)析(xī)错(cuò)误(wù)。

Not complying with the naming conventions will result in parse errors.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by vicch · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)为(wèi)他(tā)们(men)的(de)孩(hái)子(zi)命(mìng)名(míng)为(wéi)托(tuō)马(mǎ)斯(sī)。

They named their child Thomas.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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