命名

Chinese

		life; fate	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (命名)		命	名
simp. ^#(命名)		命	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁶ ming⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bēng-miâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁶ mian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìngmíng
  - Wade–Giles: ming⁴-ming²
  - Yale: mìng-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqming
  - Palladius: минмин (minmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁶ ming⁴
  - Yale: mihng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁶ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁶ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²² mɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-miâ
  - Tâi-lô: bīng-miâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bexngmiaa
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ miã¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² miã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ miã²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mêng⁶ mian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mĕng miâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ mĩã⁵⁵/

Verb

命名

to give a name to; to name; to dub; to designate
A 是根據 B命名的／A 是根据 B命名的 ― A shì gēnjù B mìngmíng de ― A is named after B
to christen

Synonyms

(to give a name to): 起名 (qǐmíng), 取名 (qǔmíng); (Hakka) 安名仔; (Hokkien, Teochew) 號名／号名, 表名

Noun

命名

designation; denomination; name

Synonyms

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叫法 (jiàofǎ)
名 (míng)
名兒 / 名儿 (míngr)
名字
名目 (míngmù)
名稱 / 名称 (míngchēng)
名色 (míngsè) (literary)
名號 / 名号 (mínghào) (literary)
稱呼 / 称呼 (chēnghū)
稱號 / 称号 (chēnghào) (usually a complementary one)
稱謂 / 称谓 (chēngwèi)
題目 / 题目 (tímù) (archaic)

Derived terms

命名法 (mìngmíngfǎ)
命名空間 / 命名空间 (mìngmíng kōngjiān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (命名):

→ Japanese: 命名(めいめい) (meimei)
→ Korean: 명명(命名) (myeongmyeong)
→ Vietnamese: mệnh danh (命名)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命	名
めい Grade: 3	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーめー [mèéméé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

命(めい)名(めい) • (meimei)

naming, christening

Derived terms

命名権(めいめいけん) (meimeiken): naming rights

Verb

命(めい)名(めい)する • (meimei suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 命(めい)名(めい)し (meimei shi), past 命(めい)名(めい)した (meimei shita))

to name, to christen
Synonym: 命ずる

Conjugation

Conjugation of "命名する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	命名し	めいめいし	meimei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	命名し	めいめいし	meimei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	命名する	めいめいする	meimei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	命名する	めいめいする	meimei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	命名すれ	めいめいすれ	meimei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	命名せよ¹ 命名しろ²	めいめいせよ¹ めいめいしろ²	meimei seyo¹ meimei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	命名される	めいめいされる	meimei sareru
Causative	命名させる命名さす	めいめいさせるめいめいさす	meimei saseru meimei sasu
Potential	命名できる	めいめいできる	meimei dekiru
Volitional	命名しよう	めいめいしよう	meimei shiyō
Negative	命名しない	めいめいしない	meimei shinai
Negative continuative	命名せず	めいめいせず	meimei sezu
Formal	命名します	めいめいします	meimei shimasu
Perfective	命名した	めいめいした	meimei shita
Conjunctive	命名して	めいめいして	meimei shite
Hypothetical conditional	命名すれば	めいめいすれば	meimei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“命名”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
命	名

Noun

命名 • (myeongmyeong) (hangeul 명명)

hanja form^? of 명명 (“naming, christening”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
命	名

Verb

命名

chữ Hán form of mệnh danh (“to name (someone)”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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