混名 (hùnmíng): nickname

Meanings

1 nickname
2 informal byname

Characters

混

Examples

他在班里有个混名叫"大力"。

Tā zài bān lǐ yǒu gè hùnmíng jiào "Dàlì".

He has a nickname in class called 'Strongman'.

这位武将的混名是"小李广"。

Zhè wèi wǔjiàng de hùnmíng shì "Xiǎo Lǐ Guǎng".

This warrior's nickname is 'Little Li Guang'.

Tips

usage

Slightly old-fashioned and especially common in classical novels (e.g. each of the 108 heroes in 《水浒传》 has a 混名). In everyday modern Chinese, 外号 (wàihào) and 绰号 (chuòhào) are the more frequent words for 'nickname'.

Stroke Order

混 hùn

名 míng

Related Words

混合 hùnhé HSK 6 #3,711

to mix; to blend; to combine / hybrid; mixed

混乱 hùnluàn HSK 6 #2,314

chaotic; disorderly; confused / chaos; disorder; turmoil

混 hùn HSK 6 #894

to mix; to blend / to muddle through; to drift along / to pass off as; to sneak in

混动 hùndòng

hybrid (vehicle) / hybrid drivetrain (short for 混合动力)

混合肌 hùnhéjī

combination skin (skin type with both oily and dry zones)

混一色 hùnyīsè

half flush (mahjong hand of one suit plus honor tiles)

混音 hùnyīn

audio mixing / mix (music production)

混饭吃 hùnfànchī

to scrape together a living / to work just to put food on the table / to coast in a job without real commitment

真名 zhēnmíng #4,995

real name / true name

命名 mìngmíng HSK 7 #4,899

to name / to christen / to designate