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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

名字 [míngzi]
  1. 1. noun name
    你叫什么名字
    What's your name?

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

名字 [míngzi]
  1. 1. name or given name
    您叫什么名字
    What's your name? or May I know your name?
  2. 2. name (of a thing)
    这种花的名字很特别。
    This flower has a peculiar name.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

名字 [míngzi]
  1. 1. 原为名和字的合称;现指人的姓名,也单指名。
  2. 2. 事物的名称
    这条河的名字叫子牙河。

Examples

顶别人的名字
assume sb. else's name
这个名字好耳熟,好像在广播里听到过。
The name sounds so familiar, I seem to have heard it mentioned over the radio.
他把自己的名字工工整整地写在书的衬页上。
He carefully wrote his name on the flyleaf.
他供出了主犯的名字
He gave the name of the chief culprit.
把他的名字勾掉
cross out his name; strike his name off the register
我还没有来得及问他名字,他就把电话挂了。
He hung up (or rang off) before I could ask his name.
他的脸我还认得,可是他的名字我却回忆不起来了。
I remember his face, but I can't call his name to mind.
这种花的名字很特别。
This flower has a peculiar name.
看他面熟,名字可叫不上来。
I know his face but I can't recall his name.

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