名字

Combination of 名 (míng, “given name”) and 字 (zì, “courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood”). Originally two different types of names in ancient China, in modern Chinese the two characters form a single word.

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名字

1. name

   起名字  ―  qǐ míngzi  ―  to come up with a name

2. full name (of a person)

   你叫什麼名字？／你叫什么名字？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?  ―  What's your name?

3. given name

   他姓陳，名字叫華清。 [MSC, trad.]
   他姓陈，名字叫华清。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xìng chén, míngzi jiào huá qīng. [Pinyin]

   His last name is Chen, and his given name is Huaqing.

   我忘記怎麼拼寫你的名字來著。 [MSC, trad.]
   我忘记怎么拼写你的名字来着。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ wàngjì zěnme pīnxiě nǐ de míngzì láizhe. [Pinyin]

   I've forgotten how to spell your name.

• (name):

• (full name): (literary or Min Nan, Hakka) 名姓 (míngxìng), 全名 (quánmíng), 姓名 (xìngmíng)
• (given name): 名 (míng)

• Wutunhua: minze

• (Tokyo) みょ​ーじ [myóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːʑi]

名(みょう)字(じ) • (myōji) ^{←みやうじ (myauzi)?}

1. surname, family name

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

名字 • (myeongja) (hangeul 명자)

1. Hanja form^? of 명자 (“the characters of one's name, fame”).

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• IPA^(key): /mjoːd͡ʑi/, /noːd͡ʑi/

名(みょー)字(じ) or 名(のー)字(じ) (myōji or nōji) 

1. surname, family name, last name

• “みょーじ【名字・苗字】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “のーじ【名字・苗字】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ミョージ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
• “ノージ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).