名字

名字

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (名字)		名	字

Etymology

Combination of 名 (míng, “given name”) and 字 (zì, “courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood”). Originally two different types of names in ancient China, in modern Chinese the two characters form a single word.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): míngzi, míngzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): минзы (minzɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-sṳ
• Min Dong (BUC): miàng-cê
• Min Nan (POJ): miâ-lī / miâ-jī
• Wu (Wiktionary): min zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pinyin: míngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming.tzy
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 名字 明子

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: míngzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtzyh
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: минзы (minzɨ, I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /mĩ²⁴ t͡sɨː⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: mìhng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ji⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 名字 明治

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² si⁴
    • IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: miàng-cê
    • IPA ^(key): /miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-lī
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miali
    • IPA (Xiamen): /miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-jī
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ ʑi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /miã¹³⁻²² d͡ʑi²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: min zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪɲ²² z̻z̩⁴⁴/

Noun

名字

1. name

   起名字  ―  qǐ míngzi  ―  to come up with a name

2. full name

   你叫什麼名字？ / 你叫什么名字？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?  ―  What's your name?

3. given name

   他姓陳，名字叫華清。 [MSC, trad.]
   他姓陈，名字叫华清。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xìng chén, míngzi jiào huá qīng. [Pinyin]

   His last name is Chen, and his given name is Huaqing.

   我忘記怎麼拼寫你的名字來著。 [MSC, trad.]
   我忘记怎么拼写你的名字来着。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ wàngjì zěnme pīnxiě nǐ de míngzì láizhe. [Pinyin]

   I've forgotten how to spell your name.

Synonyms

• (given name): 名 (míng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	字
みょう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 苗 (みょう)字 (じ) (myōji)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) みょ​ーじ [myóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːʑi]

Noun

名字 (hiragana みょうじ, rōmaji myōji)

1. surname, family name

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
名	字

Noun

名字 • (myeongja) (hangeul 명자)

1. Hanja form^? of 명자 (“the characters of one's name, fame”).