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.

Source: Tatoeba

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.

Source: Tatoeba

谓 wèi
  1. to speak
  2. to say
  3. to name
  4. to designate
  5. meaning
  6. sense
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