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命名

mìng míng · ming ming

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)买(mǎi)了(le)一台(yītái)扫地(sǎodì)机器人(jīqìrén)，还(hái)没(méi)命名(mìngmíng)。

    I bought a robot vacuum, and it has no name yet.

  2. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)给(gěi)它(tā)命名(mìngmíng)吧(ba)！

    Let us name it!

  3. Dengdeng

    叫(jiào)它(tā)小圆圆(xiǎoyuányuán)，怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    How about calling it Xiaoyuanyuan?

  4. Liangliang

    好听(hǎotīng)！命名(mìngmíng)完成(wánchéng)，快(kuài)叫(jiào)它(tā)一声(yīshēng)。

    Nice! Naming done. Quick, call it.

  5. Dengdeng

    小圆圆(xiǎoyuányuán)！它(tā)撞(zhuàng)到(dào)墙(qiáng)了(le)，看来(kànlai)不(bù)喜欢(xǐhuan)这个(zhège)名字(míngzi)。

    Xiaoyuanyuan! It bumped into the wall. It seems not to like the name.

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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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