命名

mìngmíng

verb HSK 7 #4,899

Meanings

1 to name
2 to christen
3 to designate

Characters

life; fate; to order

Examples

他们给孩子命名为“小明”。

Tāmen gěi háizi mìngmíng wéi "Xiǎomíng".

They named the child "Xiaoming".

这条路是以一位英雄命名的。

Zhè tiáo lù shì yǐ yī wèi yīngxióng mìngmíng de.

This road was named after a hero.

Tips

grammar

Common patterns: 以…命名 (named after), 给…命名 (to give a name to), 被命名为 (was named as).

Stroke Order

命 mìng

名 míng