名為

See also: 名为

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (名為/名爲)		名	為/爲
simp. (名为)		名	为

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ wai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngwéi
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-wei²
    • Yale: míng-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingwei
    • Palladius: минвэй (minvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ wai⁴
    • Yale: mìhng wàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ wai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ wei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ wɐi̯²¹/

Verb

名為

1. to be called; to be named; to be known as

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 叫做 (“to be called; to be known as; to be named”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叫做, 叫作, 叫, 稱為, 稱做, 稱作, 名叫, 名為
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	叫做, 叫
	Singapore	叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	叫做
	Hong Kong	叫做, 叫
	Taishan	喊做
	Kaiping (Chikan)	喊做
	Singapore (Guangfu)	叫
Hakka	Meixian	喊做
	Xingning	喊做
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	喊做, 安做
	Wuhua (Meilin)	喊
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喊做, 安到
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喊做, 安到
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喊做, 安到
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喊做, 安到, 安做, 安著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喊做, 安到
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喊做, 號做
Southern Min	Xiamen	號做
	Quanzhou	號做
	Zhangzhou	號做
	Tainan	號做, 叫做
	Penang (Hokkien)	叫做
	Singapore (Hokkien)	號做, 叫, 叫做
	Manila (Hokkien)	叫做, 名做
	Shantou	叫做
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	叫做
Wu	Shanghai	叫, 叫做
	Ningbo	謳, 謳做
Xiang	Changsha	喊做