点名 (點名)
diǎn míng
Pinyin

Definition

点名 (點名)
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diǎn míng
  1. roll call
  2. to mention sb by name
  3. (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名
míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
成名
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
排名
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
出名
chū míng
  1. 1 well-known for sth
  2. 2 to become well known
  3. 3 to make one's mark

Idioms (20)

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久慕盛名
jiǔ mù shèng míng
  1. 1 I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you.
  2. 2 It's an honor to meet you at last.
冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
功名利禄
gōng míng lì lù
  1. 1 position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù
  1. 1 to win success and recognition (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你知道吗，做老师的乐趣之一，就是每年新生报到的时候，可以看点名册上那些五花八门的名字，有些名字真的很有趣。
nǐ zhīdào ma ，zuò lǎoshī de lèqù zhīyī ，jiùshì měinián xīnshēng bàodào de shíhou ，kěyǐ kàn diǎnmíngcè shàng nàxiē wǔhuābāmén de míngzi ，yǒuxiē míngzi zhēnde hěn yǒuqù 。
You know what? One of the joys of being a teacher is that when new students sign up every year, you can look at the attendance list and see the variety of names. Some names are really funny!
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点名这件事情都是骗你们这些新生的，就算不去，也不会怎么样。
diǎnmíng zhè jiàn shìqing dōu shì piàn nǐmen zhèxiē xīnshēng de ，jiùsuàn bù qù ，yě bùhuì zěnmeyàng 。
This roll call stuff is just to fool you new students. Even if you don't go, nothing will happen.
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不行，老师说要点名。
bùxíng ，lǎoshī shuō yào diǎnmíng 。
I can't. The teacher said there's roll call.
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同学们好！咦，今天人很少。我们点名吧。
tóngxuémen hǎo ！yí ，jīntiān rén hěn shǎo 。wǒmen diǎnmíng ba 。
Hello, fellow students! Hey! There are so few people today. Let's take attendance.
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