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
trad. (取名)		取	名
simp. #(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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhú-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³-ming²
    • Yale: chyǔ-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheuming
    • Palladius: цюймин (cjujmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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 méng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/, /t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ 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^ˋ miang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qi³ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi³¹ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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):

Dialectal synonyms of 取名 (“to name; to give a name to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取名, 起名, 命名
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	取名兒, 起名兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	起名兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	起名兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	改名, 起名, 安名
	Hong Kong	改名, 起名
	Dongguan	安名
Gan	Nanchang	起名字
Hakka	Meixian	安名
	Xingning	安名
	Huidong (Daling)	安名
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	安名
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	安名
	Changting	安名
	Wuping	安名
	Wuping (Pingyu)	安名
	Liancheng	安名
	Ninghua	話名
	Ruijin	安名
	Shicheng	安名
	Shangyou (Shexi)	安名
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	安名仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	安名仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	安名仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	安名
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	安名仔, 安名
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	安名
	Hong Kong	安名
Southern Min	Xiamen	號名, 表名
	Quanzhou	號名
	Zhangzhou	號名, 表名
	Tainan	號名
	Manila (Hokkien)	號名
	Puning	名, 起名
	Leizhou	安名
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	安名