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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[míng]
  1. 1. noun [名字] name
    book title
  2. 2. noun [名声] reputation
    这部著早已扬四海。
    This famous work has long enjoyed a worldwide reputation.
    利双收
    win fame and fortune
  3. 3. adjective famous
    世界
    world-famous school
    她抄写了一整本言。
    She copied out a whole book of well-known sayings of famous people.
  4. 4. measure word [指人]
    5工人
    five workers
  5. 5. measure word [指名次]
    期末考试她得了第一
    She came first in the end-of-term exams.
  6. 6. verb describe
    不可
    indescribable

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[míng]
  1. 1. prename
  2. 2. forename
  3. 3. christian name
  4. 4. given name
  5. 5. first name
  6. 6. position

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[míng]
  1. b)用来表示名次
    第一
    头一
  2. 1. 名字,人或事物称谓
    叫春兰
    单。
  3. 2. 动 [文] 命名取名
    余曰正则兮,字余曰灵均。
  4. 3. 称说;叫出名字
    其妙
    不可状。
  5. 4. 名字
    她姓张春兰。
  6. 5. 名义
    正言顺
    师出无
    无实。
  7. 6. 动 [文] 占有
    一钱
    一文不
  8. 7. 声誉
    赫赫有
    不求
  9. 8. 有名的;众所周知
    曲。
  10. 9. a)用于有某种身份的人
    代表
    招收职工20

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影视圈中许多知艺人的本并不被众人所知。
The original names of many celebrities from the film and TV community are not known by the public.
外国人的字较长,不过一般只叫他们的本
Foreigners tend to have long names, but usually we only need to call them by their first names.
书店里,人秉笔签售书。
A celebrity is signing, and selling his book at the bookstore.
这几大专生都去报当志愿者了。
These college graduates went to register as volunteers.
三分十五秒不是单数,是复数。
Three minutes and fifteen seconds is a compound number, not the opposite.
为了使字更响亮,她打算改
In order to have resounding name, she plans to rename herself.
他的花叫张永,这是记载在花册上的。
His name is Zhong Yong, which is recorded on the registration book.
我们剧场的留言簿上有很多人的签
Many famous people have signed the visitors’ book of our theatre.
岳飞做为宋代将,他的英雄事迹垂千古。
As a famous Song dynasty general, the heroic deeds of Yuefei are immortalized.
对于这个岛的命,我们认真考虑了从主人的原则。
We have seriously taken into consideration the principle of giving a name after its master in naming this island.

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Measure words

Measure words

Except in Chinese idioms and some special conditions, numerals are generally not used to modify nouns directly. One needs to put specific measure words between them, e.g. "五人", "十八线", "一百多蚂蚁","一战役"。

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