取名

qǔmíng
  1. to name
  2. to be named
  3. to christen
  4. to seek fame

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to seek fame
  2. to name; to be named
  3. to seek fame

Wiktionary

  1. 订名、命名。
  2. 求取名声。

重編國語辭典

Examples

米克为婴儿取名为理查。

Mick named the baby Richard.

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他为他的儿子取名詹姆斯。

He named his son James.

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我们给我们的狗取名叫小白。

We named our dog White.

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他们为他们的女儿取名海伦。

They named their daughter Helen.

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父母把他们的婴儿取名为晃。

The parents named their baby Akira.

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Entry Composition

1 取 qǔ
  1. to take
  2. to get
  3. to choose
  4. to fetch
2 名 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people

Related entries

冠名 guànmíng to name (a sports team, a competition etc)
定名 dìngmíng to name (sth)
起名 qǐmíng
  1. to name
  2. to christen
  3. to take a name
玛丽给宝宝起名叫汤姆。

Mary named the baby Tom.

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称 chēng
  1. to weigh
  2. to state
  3. to name
  4. name
  5. appellation
  6. to praise
他們稱他膽小鬼。

They called him a coward.

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谓 wèi
  1. to speak
  2. to say
  3. to name
  4. to designate
  5. meaning
  6. sense
号曰 hàoyuē
  1. to be named
  2. named
命名 mìngmíng
  1. to give a name to
  2. to dub
  3. to christen
  4. to designate
  5. named after
  6. naming
他們的兒子被命名為愛德華。

Their boy was named Edward.

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出锋头 chūfēngtou
  1. to push oneself forward
  2. to seek fame
  3. to be in the limelight
出风头 chūfēngtou
  1. to push oneself forward
  2. to seek fame
  3. to be in the limelight
  4. same as 出锋头 chūfēngtou