DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

起名兒

简起名儿 · 繁起名兒

Mandarin · pinyin qǐ míng r

erhua variant of 起名 qǐ míng

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

起: qǐ · rise, stand up; go up; begin
名: míng · name, rank, title, position
兒: ér · son, child, oneself; final part
儿: ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–5 · qi3 ming2 r5

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

起名兒 · find source passages ↗ · 起名儿 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

verb

(Mandarin) erhua form of 起名 (qǐmíng, “to name; to give a name to”)

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack