命名

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Chinese

life; fate
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
trad. (命名) 命 名
simp. #(命名) 命 名

Pronunciation

Verb

命名

  1. to give a name to; to name; to dub; to designate
    A是根據B命名的／A是根据B命名的  ―  A shì gēnjù B mìngmíng de  ―  A is named after B
  2. to christen

Synonyms

Noun

命名

  1. designation; denomination; name

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (命名):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命 名
めい
Grade: 3 		めい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

命(めい)名(めい) • (meimei) 

  1. naming, christening

Derived terms

Verb

命(めい)名(めい)する • (meimei suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 命(めい)名(めい)し (meimei shi), past 命(めい)名(めい)した (meimei shita))

  1. to name, to christen
    Synonym: 命ずる

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
命名

Noun

命名 • (myeongmyeong) (hangeul 명명)

  1. hanja form? of 명명 (“naming, christening”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
命名

Verb

命名

  1. chữ Hán form of mệnh danh (“to name (someone)”).
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