改名

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Chinese

to change; to alter; to transform
to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
trad. (改名) 改 名
simp. #(改名) 改 名

Pronunciation

Verb

改⫽名 (verb-object)

  1. to change names; to be renamed
  2. (Cantonese) to name; to give a name or title to

Synonyms

  • (to name):
Dialectal synonyms of 取名 (“to name; to give a name to”)
Variety Location Words
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

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (改名):
  • → Japanese: 改名(かいめい) (kaimei)
  • → Korean: 개명(改名) (gaemyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
改 名
かい
Grade: 4 		めい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

改(かい)名(めい) • (kaimei) 

  1. change of name

Verb

改(かい)名(めい)する • (kaimei suru) suru (stem 改(かい)名(めい)し (kaimei shi), past 改(かい)名(めい)した (kaimei shita))

  1. rename; change one's name

Conjugation

Conjugation of "改名する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 改名し かいめいし kaimei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 改名し かいめいし kaimei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 改名する かいめいする kaimei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 改名する かいめいする kaimei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 改名すれ かいめいすれ kaimei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 改名せよ¹
改名しろ² 		かいめいせよ¹
かいめいしろ² 		kaimei seyo¹
kaimei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 改名される かいめいされる kaimei sareru
Causative 改名させる
改名さす 		かいめいさせる
かいめいさす 		kaimei saseru
kaimei sasu
Potential 改名できる かいめいできる kaimei dekiru
Volitional 改名しよう かいめいしよう kaimei shiyō
Negative 改名しない かいめいしない kaimei shinai
Negative continuative 改名せず かいめいせず kaimei sezu
Formal 改名します かいめいします kaimei shimasu
Perfective 改名した かいめいした kaimei shita
Conjunctive 改名して かいめいして kaimei shite
Hypothetical conditional 改名すれば かいめいすれば kaimei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
改名

Noun

改名 • (gaemyeong) (hangeul 개명)

  1. hanja form? of 개명 (“renaming”)
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