更名

gēngmíng
to rename

CEDICT

to rename

Wiktionary

改易名稱。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 更 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
2 名 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people

Containing this entry

行不更名，坐不改姓 xíngbùgēngmíng,zuòbùgǎixìng I am who I am and not ashamed of it; to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
改姓更名 gǎixìnggēngmíng
更名改姓 gēngmínggǎixìng

Related entries

改名 gǎimíng to rename
1939 年 7 月 29 日，根據白俄羅斯蘇維埃社會主義共和國最高蘇維埃的決議，白俄羅斯首都明斯克的英文名「Miensk」改名為「Minsk」，白俄羅斯文名亦然。

On July 29, 1939, by a resolution of the Supreme Council of the BSSR, the capital of Belarus, Miensk, was renamed Minsk, even in the Belarusian version.

Source: Tatoeba

重命名 chóngmìngmíng (computing) to rename
改稱 gǎichēng
  1. to change a name
  2. to rename