# 命名 (mìngmíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 命名 (mìngmíng) means “to name; to designate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to name; to designate
- Pinyin: mìngmíng (ming4 ming2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 科学家为这颗新发现的星星命名。
  Kēxuéjiā wèi zhè kē xīn fāxiàn de xīngxing mìngmíng.
  Scientists named this newly discovered star.

## Characters

- [命](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-life/) (mìng): life; fate
- [名](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-people/) (míng): (measure word) for people; name

https://hanziro.com/word/ming-ming-name/

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