取名

取名

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
simp. and trad. (取名)		取	名
anagram		名取

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² ming⁴, ceoi² meng^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhí-miàng
• Min Nan (POJ): chhú-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǔmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuming
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi² ming⁴, ceoi² meng^4-2
    • Yale: chéui mìhng, chéui méng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² ming⁴, tsoey² meng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu² ming⁴, cêu² méng²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/, /t͡ʃʰɵy̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Note:

• ceoi2 ming4 - literary (all senses);
• ceoi2 meng4-2 - vernacular (“to name; to be named”).

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhí-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qi` miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi³ miang²
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰi³¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwmiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã²³/

Verb

取名

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

Synonyms

• (to name): 起名 (qǐmíng), 命名 (mìngmíng); (Min Nan) 號名／号名, 表名