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學名
简 学名 · 繁 學名Mandarin · pinyin xué míng
Meanings
- scientific name
- Latin name (of plant or animal)
- (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
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2–2 · xue2 ming2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hok6 meng2
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noun
- (biology) scientific name (Latinised name given to a species according to the rules of binomial nomenclature)
- school name (formal name given to Chinese adolescents, and used by older people to address them)
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