取名 qǔmíng to name Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 取名 qǔ//míng to name verb + noun To give a name to a person, place, or thing; to christen. 她妈妈用你的名字给她取名。 tā māma yòng nǐ de míngzi gěi tā qǔ míng. Her mother named her after you. 他给这座岛屿取名为新阿姆斯特丹。 tā gěi zhè zuò dǎoyǔ qǔ míng wéi xīn āmǔsītèdān. He named the island New Amsterdam. to seek fame To pursue personal fame or a high reputation; often used in literary contexts. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 4.23 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 3.15 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
取名 qǔ//míng to name verb + noun To give a name to a person, place, or thing; to christen. 她妈妈用你的名字给她取名。 tā māma yòng nǐ de míngzi gěi tā qǔ míng. Her mother named her after you. 他给这座岛屿取名为新阿姆斯特丹。 tā gěi zhè zuò dǎoyǔ qǔ míng wéi xīn āmǔsītèdān. He named the island New Amsterdam. to seek fame To pursue personal fame or a high reputation; often used in literary contexts. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 4.23 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 3.15 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
