HSK 6 · Verbs

命名 mìngmíng “to name” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 命名 means

  1. to name
  2. naming
  3. to give a name to
  4. to dub
  5. to christen
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to designate
  • named after

How to say 命名

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale命mìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale名míng2nd tone, rising

命名 in a sentence

  1. 他以他祖父的名字被命名。

    Tā yǐ tā zǔfù de míngzi bèi mìngmíng.

    He was named after his grandfather.

    Sentence #848592 from Tatoeba

  2. 他们把船命名为「五月花号」。

    Tāmen bǎ chuán mìngmíng wéi “Wǔyuèhuā Hào”.

    They named the ship the Mayflower.

    Sentence #361681 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 不遵守命名规则会导致解析错误。

    Bù zūnshǒu mìngmíng guīzé huì dǎozhì jiěxī cuòwù.

    Not following the naming conventions will cause parsing errors.

    Sentence #2915541 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 命名 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 命 (mìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
命mìnglife
  • 令command · líng
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 名 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
名míngname
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidEvening 夕 and a mouth 口: in the dark you call out your name.

How to write 命名

命 8 strokes · 名 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

命名 (mìngmíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 命名 (mìngmíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 命名

Words with 命

生命shēngmìng · life寿命shòumìng · life span命令mìnglìng · order命运mìngyùn · fate性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)拼命pīnmìng · desperately任命rènmìng · to appoint革命gémìng · revolution使命shǐmìng · mission要命yàomìng · terribly

Words with 名

名字míngzi · name名míng · name姓名xìngmíng · full name有名yǒumíng · famous名单míngdān · list of names名人míngrén · celebrity报名bàomíng · to sign up著名zhùmíng · famous名片míngpiàn · (business) card名牌míngpái · famous brand

More words: Common Verbs

瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at弥补míbǔ · to make up for密封mìfēng · to seal up弥漫mímàn · to fill the air磨合móhé · to break in抹杀mǒshā · to write off摸索mōsuǒ · to grope谋求móuqiú · to seek

FAQs

命名 (mìngmíng) means “to name” or “naming”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mìngmíng: mìng with a 4th tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 命名 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 命名 from the suggestions. Typing mingming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
命名 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.