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久聞大名

简久闻大名 · 繁久聞大名

Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ wén dà míng

your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)

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久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
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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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(polite, honorific) I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time

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