名字

Chinese
 
name; fame; to describe; place
 
letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad.
(名字)		 名 字

Etymology

Combination of 名 (míng, “given name”) and 字 (zì, “courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood”). Originally two different types of names in ancient China, in modern Chinese the two characters form a single word.

Pronunciation

Noun

名字

  1. name
    起名字  ―  qǐ míngzi  ―  to come up with a name
  2. full name
    你叫什麼名字？ / 你叫什么名字？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?  ―  What's your name?
  3. given name
    他姓陳，名字叫華清。 [MSC, trad.]
    他姓陈，名字叫华清。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā xìng chén, míngzi jiào huá qīng. [Pinyin]
    His last name is Chen, and his given name is Huaqing.
    我忘記怎麼拼寫你的名字來著。 [MSC, trad.]
    我忘记怎么拼写你的名字来着。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ wàngjì zěnme pīnxiě nǐ de míngzì láizhe. [Pinyin]
    I've forgotten how to spell your name.

Synonyms
  • (given name): 名 (míng)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
名 字
みょう
Grade: 1		 じ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

名字 (hiragana みょうじ, rōmaji myōji)

  1. surname, family name

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
名字

Noun

名字 • (myeongja) (hangeul 명자)

  1. Hanja form? of 명자 (“the characters of one's name, fame”).
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