"名字" meaning in Chinese

See 名字 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], /miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/ [Jian'ou, Sinological-IPA], /miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ʒɛi²⁴²/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/, /miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/, /miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/, /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/, /ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/, /mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/, /miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/, /miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ʒɛi²⁴²/, /miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/, /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/, /miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/, /miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/, /miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/, /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/, /min²² zz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: míngzi [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], míngzì [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], минзы [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], minzɨ [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], I-II [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], ming⁴ zi⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], 'miang⁴ ci⁵ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], miàng-sṳ [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], miâng-cī, miàng-cê, miâ-lī [Hokkien, POJ], miâ-jī [Hokkien, POJ], mian⁵ ri⁷ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-zy, míngzi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, bopomofo], míngzi̊h [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Tongyong-Pinyin], ming²-tzŭ⁵ [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Wade-Giles], míng-dz [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Yale], ming.tzy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mainland-China, Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], минцзы [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], minczy [Mainland-China, Mandarin, Palladius, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan], míngzì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], míngzìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ming²-tzŭ⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], míng-dz̀ [Mandarin, Yale], mingtzyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], минцзы [Mandarin, Palladius], minczy [Mandarin, Palladius], ming⁴ zi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mìhng jih [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], ming⁴ dzi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], ming⁴ ji⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], 'miang⁴ ci⁵ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], miàng-sṳ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], miangˇ sii [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], miang² si⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], miâng-cī [Jian'ou, Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized], miàng-cê [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], miâ-lī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], miali [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], miâ-jī [Hokkien, Tai-lo], miaji [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], miâⁿ jī [POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-zy [Wu], min^去 zy [Wu], ³min-zr [Wu], /min²² zz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
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. Etymology templates: {{zh-l|名|given name}} 名 (míng, “given name”), {{zh-l|字|courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood}} 字 (zì, “courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 名字
  1. name
    Sense id: en-名字-zh-noun-gqNTf~Db Categories (other): Mandarin terms with collocations
  2. full name (of a person) Synonyms (full name): 全名 (quánmíng), 姓名 (xìngmíng) Synonyms (full name; literary or Min Nan): 名姓 (míngxìng) [Hakka]
    Sense id: en-名字-zh-noun-FmHac5n6 Disambiguation of 'full name': 3 55 42 Disambiguation of 'full name; literary or Min Nan': 4 54 42
  3. given name Categories (topical): Onomastics Synonyms (given name): (míng)
    Sense id: en-名字-zh-noun-~AKtDSnJ Disambiguation of Onomastics: 3 42 55 Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 1 41 58 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 26 31 43 Disambiguation of 'given name': 2 21 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 叫法 (jiàofǎ), (míng), 名兒 (míngr), 名儿 (míngr), 名目 (míngmù), 名稱 (míngchēng), 名称 (míngchēng), 名色 (míngsè) [literary], 名號 (mínghào) [literary], 名号 (mínghào) [literary], 命名 (mìngmíng), 稱呼 (chēnghū), 称呼 (chēnghū), 稱號 (chēnghào) (english: usually a complementary one), 称号 (chēnghào) (english: usually a complementary one), 稱謂 (chēngwèi), 称谓 (chēngwèi), 題目 (tímù) [archaic], 题目 (tímù) [archaic]

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          "english": "to come up with a name",
          "roman": "qǐ míngzi",
          "text": "起名字"
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          "english": "What's your name?",
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          "text": "你叫什麼名字?/你叫什么名字?",
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          "english": "His last name is Chen, and his given name is Huaqing.",
          "ref": "他姓陳,名字叫華清。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他姓陈,名字叫华清。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā xìng chén, míngzi jiào huá qīng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've forgotten how to spell your name.",
          "ref": "我忘記怎麼拼寫你的名字來著。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我忘记怎么拼写你的名字来着。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ wàngjì zěnme pīnxiě nǐ de míngzì láizhe. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minzɨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-II"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'miang⁴ ci⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miàng-sṳ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "miâng-cī"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "miàng-cê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian⁵ ri⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming²-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míng-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming²-tzŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míng-dz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mingtzyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìhng jih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'miang⁴ ci⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miàng-sṳ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miangˇ sii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miang² si⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâng-cī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miàng-cê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ʒɛi²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miali"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miaji"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâⁿ jī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ʒɛi²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiàofǎ",
      "word": "叫法"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míng",
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míngr",
      "word": "名兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míngr",
      "word": "名儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míngmù",
      "word": "名目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míngchēng",
      "word": "名稱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míngchēng",
      "word": "名称"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "míngsè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "名色"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mínghào",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "名號"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mínghào",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "名号"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "mìngmíng",
      "word": "命名"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chēnghū",
      "word": "稱呼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chēnghū",
      "word": "称呼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "usually a complementary one",
      "roman": "chēnghào",
      "word": "稱號"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "usually a complementary one",
      "roman": "chēnghào",
      "word": "称号"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chēngwèi",
      "word": "稱謂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "chēngwèi",
      "word": "称谓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tímù",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "題目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "tímù",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "题目"
    }
  ],
  "word": "名字"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Northern Min lemmas",
    "Northern Min nouns",
    "zh:Onomastics"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wuh",
            "2": "minze"
          },
          "expansion": "Wutunhua: minze",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Wutunhua: minze"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "名",
        "2": "given name"
      },
      "expansion": "名 (míng, “given name”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "字",
        "2": "courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood"
      },
      "expansion": "字 (zì, “courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "名字",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to come up with a name",
          "roman": "qǐ míngzi",
          "text": "起名字"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What's your name?",
          "roman": "Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?",
          "text": "你叫什麼名字?/你叫什么名字?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "full name (of a person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "full name",
          "full name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "His last name is Chen, and his given name is Huaqing.",
          "ref": "他姓陳,名字叫華清。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "他姓陈,名字叫华清。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā xìng chén, míngzi jiào huá qīng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I've forgotten how to spell your name.",
          "ref": "我忘記怎麼拼寫你的名字來著。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "我忘记怎么拼写你的名字来着。 [MSC, simp.]\nWǒ wàngjì zěnme pīnxiě nǐ de míngzì láizhe. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minzɨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-II"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'miang⁴ ci⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miàng-sṳ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "miâng-cī"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "miàng-cê"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mian⁵ ri⁷"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzi̊h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming²-tzŭ⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míng-dz"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming.tzy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mainland-China",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míngzìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming²-tzŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "míng-dz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mingtzyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "минцзы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minczy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ zi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìhng jih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ dzi⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁴ ji⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'miang⁴ ci⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miàng-sṳ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miangˇ sii"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miang² si⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâng-cī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Jian'ou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miàng-cê"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ʒɛi²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-lī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miali"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâ-jī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miaji"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "miâⁿ jī"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 zy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-zr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^((t͡s-))ʒɛi²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² zz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiàofǎ",
      "word": "叫法"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míng",
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngr",
      "word": "名兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngr",
      "word": "名儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngmù",
      "word": "名目"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngchēng",
      "word": "名稱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngchēng",
      "word": "名称"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngsè",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "名色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínghào",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "名號"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínghào",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "名号"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mìngmíng",
      "word": "命名"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chēnghū",
      "word": "稱呼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chēnghū",
      "word": "称呼"
    },
    {
      "english": "usually a complementary one",
      "roman": "chēnghào",
      "word": "稱號"
    },
    {
      "english": "usually a complementary one",
      "roman": "chēnghào",
      "word": "称号"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chēngwèi",
      "word": "稱謂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chēngwèi",
      "word": "称谓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tímù",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "題目"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tímù",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "题目"
    },
    {
      "roman": "míngxìng",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.