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大名 meaning in English

dàmíng

famous name; your distinguished name

9 strokes

Meaning of 大名

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàmíng
  1. famous name
  2. your distinguished name
  3. one's formal personal name
  4. (Japanese history) daimyo
Dàmíng
  1. see 大名縣|大名县[Da4 ming2 Xian4]

大名 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

大dà名míng是shì什shén么me？
What is his real name?
中zhōng国guó的de四sì大dà名míng著zhù是shì《西xī游yóu记jì》《三sān国guó演yǎn义yì》《水shuǐ浒hǔ传zhuàn》和hé《红hóng楼lóu梦mèng》。
The Four Great Classical Novels of China are Journey to the West (西遊記, Xī Yóu Jì), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義, Sānguó Yǎnyì), Water Margin (水滸傳, Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn), and Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢, Hóng Lóu Mèng).

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

名 míng · name · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 大名.

名字míngziname (of a person or thing)
大学dàxuéuniversity; college
有名yǒumíngfamous; well-known
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
名单míngdānlist of names
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity

Questions about 大名

What does 大名 mean?

大名 (dàmíng) means "famous name; your distinguished name".

How do you write 大名?

大名 is made of 2 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 名 (6 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.