起名

qǐmíng
  1. to name
  2. to christen
  3. to take a name

CEDICT

to name; to give a name or title to

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
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

起名兒 qǐmíngr erhua variant of 起名 qǐmíng

Related entries

冠名 guànmíng to name (a sports team, a competition etc)
取名 qǔmíng
  1. to name
  2. to be named
  3. to christen
  4. to seek fame
米克為嬰兒取名為理查。

Mick named the baby Richard.

Source: Tatoeba

定名 dìngmíng to name (sth)
稱 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

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

Source: Tatoeba

寄名 jìmíng
  1. adopted name
  2. to take a name (of one's adoptive family)