学名

學名

xuémíng

noun #39,584

Meanings

1 scientific name
2 Latin name (of plant or animal)
3 formal given name (historical; chosen on entering school)

Characters

study, learning

Examples

大熊猫的学名是 Ailuropoda melanoleuca。

Dàxióngmāo de xuémíng shì Ailuropoda melanoleuca.

The scientific name of the giant panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca.

这种草药的学名很难记。

Zhè zhǒng cǎoyào de xuémíng hěn nán jì.

The scientific name of this herbal medicine is hard to remember.

Tips

history

Originally 学名 meant the 'school-age name' given to a boy when he started formal study, replacing his childhood milk-name (乳名). Modern usage has mostly shifted to 'scientific name' — the technical Latin binomial for species.

Stroke Order

学 xué

名 míng