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HSK
to sign up / to enter one's name / to apply / to register / to enroll / to enlist
HSK 2
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  *名* | 名* | *名
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
HSK 2
surname and given name; full name
HSK 2
to rank (1st, 2nd etc) / ranking
HSK 3
famous / well-known
HSK 1
well-known for sth / to become well known / to make one's mark / to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
HSK 6
famous / noted / well-known / celebrated
HSK 4
roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name
HSK 4
to be known far and wide / to be well-known
HSK 7-9
world-famous (idiom)
HSK 7-9
place name / toponym
HSK 6
well-known; famous
HSK 6
famous
HSK 7-9
to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature
HSK 5
equally famous
hostname (of a networked computer)
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
world famous
well-known / famous / renowned / eminent
HSK 7-9
infant name; pet name for a child
anonymous
HSK 7-9
real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous
alias / alternative name
hiragana (Japanese script)
to rename
to name / to be named / to christen / to seek fame
world famous
seasoned / honed to perfection over centuries / special reserve
scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory
name of country
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号
to nominate
HSK 7-9
(of an author) anonymous
to go by an alias; to assume a false name / alias; pseudonym; assumed name
to sign (a signature)
all names
name of county
to name (a sports team, a competition etc)
to get one's name / named (after sth)
personal name
to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location
illustrious / prominent / prestigious / well-known
to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
reputation / declaration
(file) extension (computing)
proper noun
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
famous reputation
autograph / to sign one's name
pet name for a child / childhood name
good name / reputation
katakana (Japanese script)
solfege
name of job in Imperial bureaucracy / official position
also known as / alternative name / to also be called
to rename
HSK 7-9
scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
former name
to name (sth)
(of a document) not bearing a name / unregistered (financial securities etc) / bearer (bond) / secret (ballot etc) / anonymous / unattributed (remarks) / (of a check) payable to the bearer
(computing) domain name
to mention by name / to designate / designated
movie title
false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名 and katakana 片假名
original name
to become famous / to become notorious
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
humorous or mocking nickname
to sign / to put one's name to
to leave one's name / to leave one's mark
to have the same name
renowned / a great name
star name
original name; real name / (of foreigners) first name; given name
to be penniless
to spread one's reputation
famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo
to register one's name / account name (on a computer)
common noun / generic term / to introduce oneself
school name
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
bad reputation / stigma
stage name (of an actor or actress)
to enjoy a reputation
jointly (signed, declared, sponsored)
names of the notes of a musical scale (e.g. C, D, E or do, re, mi)
first place / leader (of a race)
(file) extension (computing) (Tw)
(computing) to rename
(Tw) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)
(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
an impostor / to impersonate
to possess an undeserved reputation (idiom)
charge; accusation / stigma; bad name; stained reputation
middle name / second given name

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