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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 命名

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
命名 mìng míng - to give a name to
- to dub
- to christen
- to designate
- named after
- naming

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 4,899 6,328 10,824

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
命 mìng- life
- fate
- order or command
- to assign a name, title etc
名 míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people

Other Words Containing 命名

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
命名 6 7 4,899 6,328 10,824