起名

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (起名)		起	名
simp. ^#(起名)		起	名

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmíng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ming²
  - Yale: chǐ-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiming
  - Palladius: цимин (cimin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (起名兒／起名儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmíngr
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmíngr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ming²-ʼrh
  - Yale: chǐ-míngr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiimiengl
  - Palladius: циминр (ciminr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ miɤ̯̃ɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² meng^4-2 / hei² ming⁴
  - Yale: héi méng / héi mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² meng^4-2 / hei² ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² méng^4-2 / héi² ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ mɛːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/, /hei̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki² mian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí miâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ mĩã⁵⁵/

起名

Dialectal synonyms of 取名 (“to name; to give a name to”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取名, 起名, 命名
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	取名兒, 起名兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	起名兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	起名兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	改名, 起名, 安名
	Hong Kong	改名, 起名
	Dongguan	安名
Gan	Nanchang	起名字
Hakka	Meixian	安名
	Xingning	安名
	Huidong (Daling)	安名
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	安名
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	安名
	Changting	安名
	Wuping	安名
	Wuping (Pingyu)	安名
	Liancheng	安名
	Ninghua	話名
	Ruijin	安名
	Shicheng	安名
	Shangyou (Shexi)	安名
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	安名仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	安名仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	安名仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	安名
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	安名仔, 安名
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	安名
	Hong Kong	安名
Southern Min	Xiamen	號名, 表名
	Quanzhou	號名
	Zhangzhou	號名, 表名
	Tainan	號名
	Manila (Hokkien)	號名
	Leizhou	安名
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	安名