# 命名
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mìngmíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ming$^6$ ming$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bēng-miâ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng$^6$ mian$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mìngmíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mìngmíng
*** Wade–Giles: ming$^4$-ming$^2$
*** Yale: mìng-míng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minqming
*** Palladius: минмин (minmin)
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ming$^6$ ming$^4$
*** Yale: mihng mìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ming$^6$ ming$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ming$^6$ ming$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪŋ²² mɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-miâ
*** Tâi-lô: bīng-miâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bexngmiaa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ miã¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² miã²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²²⁻²¹ miã²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mêng$^6$ mian$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mĕng miâⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /meŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ mĩã⁵⁵/

### Verb

命名
* to give a name to; to name; to dub; to designate
    A是根據B命名的／A是根据B命名的 ― A shì gēnjù B mìngmíng de ― A is named after B
* to christen

#### Synonyms

* (to give a name to): 起名 (qǐmíng), 取名 (qǔmíng); (Hakka) 安名仔; (Hokkien, Teochew) 號名／号名, 表名

### Noun

命名
* designation; denomination; name

#### Synonyms

* 叫法 (jiàofǎ)
* 名 (míng)
* 名兒／名儿 (míngr)
* 名字
* 名目 (míngmù)
* 名稱／名称 (míngchēng)
* 名色 (míngsè) (literary)
* 名號／名号 (mínghào) (literary)
* 稱呼／称呼 (chēnghū)
* 稱號／称号 (chēnghào) (usually a complementary one)
* 稱謂／称谓 (chēngwèi)
* 題目／题目 (tímù) (archaic)

### Derived terms

* 命名法 (mìngmíngfǎ)
* 命名空間／命名空间 (mìngmíng kōngjiān)

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 命名(めいめい) (meimei)
* → Korean: 명명(命名) (myeongmyeong)
* → Vietnamese: mệnh danh (命名)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 命 | 名 |
| めい Grade: 3 | めい Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めーめー [mèéméé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [me̞ːme̞ː]

### Noun

命(めい)名(めい) • (meimei)
* naming, christening

#### Derived terms

* 命名権(めいめいけん) (meimeiken): naming rights

### Verb

命(めい)名(めい)する • (meimei suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 命(めい)名(めい)し (meimei shi), past 命(めい)名(めい)した (meimei shita))
* to name, to christen
    Synonym: 命ずる

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 命名し | めいめいし | meimei shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 命名し | めいめいし | meimei shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 命名する | めいめいする | meimei suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 命名する | めいめいする | meimei suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 命名すれ | めいめいすれ | meimei sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 命名せよ¹ 命名しろ² | めいめいせよ¹ めいめいしろ² | meimei seyo¹ meimei shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 命名される | めいめいされる | meimei sareru |
| Causative | 命名させる 命名さす | めいめいさせる めいめいさす | meimei saseru meimei sasu |
| Potential | 命名できる | めいめいできる | meimei dekiru |
| Volitional | 命名しよう | めいめいしよう | meimei shiyō |
| Negative | 命名しない | めいめいしない | meimei shinai |
| Negative continuative | 命名せず | めいめいせず | meimei sezu |
| Formal | 命名します | めいめいします | meimei shimasu |
| Perfective | 命名した | めいめいした | meimei shita |
| Conjunctive | 命名して | めいめいして | meimei shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 命名すれば | めいめいすれば | meimei sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 命 | 名 |

### Noun

命名 • (myeongmyeong) (hangeul 명명)
* hanja form of 명명 (“naming, christening”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 命 | 名 |

### Verb

命名
* chữ Hán form of mệnh danh (“to name (someone)”).