He named his son James.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
取名
to name
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to name
02
to be named
03
to christen
04
to seek fame
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 取名 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 取名 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
They named their daughter Helen.
We named our dog White.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 取名.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 取名.
Directly before
- 儿子取名3
- 狗取名3
- 孩子取名1
- 女儿取名1
Directly after
- 取名叫2
- 取名作1
- 取名詹姆斯1
- 取名海伦1
- 取名叫小白1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 取名
What does 取名 mean in Chinese?
取名 (qǔmíng) means to name.
How do you pronounce 取名?
取名 is pronounced qǔmíng.
Is 取名 an HSK word?
取名 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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