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改名

gǎi míng

2-character word

What 改名 means

1. to rename

The characters in 改名

• 改gǎito change; to alter; to transform
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)

Example sentences

• 1939 年 7 月 29 日，根据白俄罗斯苏维埃社会主义共和国最高苏维埃的决议，白俄罗斯首都明斯克的英文名「Miensk」改名为「Minsk」，白俄罗斯文名亦然。
  On July 29, 1939, by a resolution of the Supreme Council of the BSSR, the capital of Belarus, Miensk, was renamed Minsk, even in the Belarusian version.

Words containing 改名

• 行不改姓，坐不改名xíng bù gǎi xìng , zuò bù gǎi míngsee 行不更名，坐不改姓