"illustrious name" Chinese-English Dictionary

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英名 yīng míng illustrious name / legendary reputation syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
名义 名義 míng yì n. name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn
姓名 xìng míng n. surname and given name / full name syn
杰出 傑出 jié chū adj. outstanding / distinguished / remarkable / prominent / illustrious syn
维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc)
抬头 抬頭 tái tóu v. to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
名称 名稱 míng chēng n. name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn
弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
点名 點名 diǎn míng v. roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn
显赫 顯赫 xiǎn hè adj. illustrious / celebrated syn
假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn
起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name
阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn
别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn
大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc
小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn
学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn
本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name
永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)
正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn
天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
品名 pǐn míng name of product / brand name
申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4]
高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name)
明德 míng dé highest virtue / illustrious virtue
人杰 人傑 rén jié outstanding talent / wise and able person / illustrious individual syn
百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name
雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name)
俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn
花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname
未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name
宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn
称 稱 chēng v. to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn
氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn
亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name)
欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn
渝 yú short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan
炽 熾 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious syn
泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name
谥 謚 shì (bound form) posthumous name or title / (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title syn
显达 顯達 xiǎn dá illustrious / influential / prestigious syn
荀 xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
諡 shì (bound form) posthumous name or title / (literary) to confer a posthumous name or title / Japanese variant of 謚|谥 / posthumous name or title / to confer a posthumous title
筸 gān former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4 huang2 Gu3 cheng2] in Hunan / used in 鎮筸|镇筸[Zhen4gan1], the former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4huang2 Gu3cheng2] in Hunan
那么 那麼 nà me pron., conj. like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn
名字 míng zi n. name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
名 míng n., m.w. name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn
总 總 zǒng adv., v., adj. general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn
水 shuǐ n. water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn
令 líng wagtail / old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2 yi1 Xian4], Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu / used in 脊令[ji2 ling2] / used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4]) syn
杰克 傑克 jié kè Jack (name)
命 mìng n., v. life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn
代表 dài biǎo n., v. representative / delegate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of syn
收 shōu v. to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn
字 zì n. letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
帽子 mào zi n. hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3] syn
地区 地區 dì qū n. local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
汤姆 湯姆 tāng mǔ Tom (name)
华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
乔治 喬治 qiáo zhì George (name)
弗兰克 弗蘭克 fú lán kè Frank (name)
比尔 比爾 bǐ ěr Bill (name)
大卫 大衛 dà wèi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter
签名 簽名 qiān míng v., n. to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature syn
玛丽 瑪麗 mǎ lì Mary or Marie (name) / Mali
丹尼 dān ní Danny (name)
尼克 ní kè Nick (name)
罪名 zuì míng charge / accusation / stigma / bad name / stained reputation syn
安娜 ān nà Anna (name)
登记 登記 dēng jì v. to register (one's name) syn
迈克尔 邁克爾 mài kè ěr (name) Michael
凯文 凱文 kǎi wén Kevin (person name)
哈里 hā lǐ Harry or Hari (name)
莎拉 shā lā Sara or Sarah (name)
签字 簽字 qiān zì v., n. to sign (one's name) / signature syn
托尼 託尼 tuō ní Tony (name)
一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group
凯特 凱特 kǎi tè Kate (name)
马丁 馬丁 mǎ dīng Martin (name)
亚瑟 亞瑟 yà sè Arthur (name)
威廉 wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name)
出名 chū míng adj. well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) syn
品牌 pǐn pái n. brand name / trademark
凯蒂 凱蒂 kǎi dì (name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc
肖恩 xiāo ēn Sean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
杰夫 傑夫 jié fū Jeff or Geoff (name)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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