冠名

guànmíng
verb #35,936

Meanings

  1. 1 to name (a sponsored event/team)
  2. 2 to take naming rights for

Examples

Zhè jiā gōngsī guànmíng le jīnnián de zúqiú liánsài.
This company took the naming rights for this year's football league.
Jiémù yóu yī jiā shǒujī pǐnpái guànmíng zànzhù.
The show is title-sponsored by a mobile-phone brand.

Tips

usage
Modern marketing term: a sponsor 'crowns' an event or team with its name. Note the reading: here is guàn (4th tone, 'to crown / to put on top'), not guān (1st tone, 'crown' as noun). Often paired as 冠名赞助 guànmíng zànzhù 'title sponsorship'.
mistakes
Don't read this as guānmíng. The verbal sense ('to put a crown / name on something') always takes 4th tone — same rule as 冠军 guànjūn (champion) and guànyǐ ('to give a name to').

Stroke Order

guān
míng