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Jyutping hei2 ming4
Pinyin qǐ míng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    俾個​名​某​啲​嘢​,​通常​係​動物​或者​啤​啤
    to give a name
    • 政府規定啤啤出咗世40日內父母要同佢起名、攞出世紙。
      政府规定啤啤出咗世40日内父母要同佢起名、攞出世纸。
      The government states that parents should give their baby a name and apply for a birth certificate within a period of 40 days after the birth of their child.
  2. 近義詞
    改名
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)

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Jyutping hei2 meng2
Pinyin qǐ míng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to name
  2. to christen
  3. to take a name
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to name; to give a name or title to
    (syn.) 命名, 起名字, 安名仔, 安名, 號名, 起名兒, 表名, 改名, 話名, 取名, 取名兒, 起名
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们打算给孩子起名字叫汤姆.
    我們打算給孩子起名字叫湯姆.
    wǒ men dǎ suàn gěi hái zi qǐ míng zì jiào tāng mǔ .
    • We plan to name our son Tom.
  2. Mandarin
    玛丽给宝宝起名叫汤姆。
    瑪麗給寶寶起名叫湯姆。
    mǎ lì gěi bǎo bǎo qǐ míng jiào tāng mǔ 。
    • Mary named the baby Tom.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    政府规定啤啤出咗世40日内父母要同佢起名、攞出世纸。
    政府規定啤啤出咗世40日內父母要同佢起名、攞出世紙。
    • The government states that parents should give their baby a name and apply for a birth certificate within a period of 40 days after the birth of their child.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    起名字
    起名字
    qǐ míng zi
    • to come up with a name