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久聞大名

简 久闻大名 · 繁 久聞大名
Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ wén dà míng

Meanings

  1. your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
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Characters in this entry

久
jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
聞
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
名
míng · name, rank, title, position
闻
wén · hear; smell; make known; news
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3–2–4–2 · jiu3 wen2 da4 ming2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau2 man4 daai6 ming4

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gau2 man4 daai6 ming4

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phrase

  1. (polite, honorific) I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time

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