mìng míng xì tǒngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
system of nomenclature
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Original source entry:

命名系統 命名系统 [ming4 ming2 xi4 tong3] /system of nomenclature/

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Other forms in these source records: 命名系統

  • 命
    mìng

    life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

  • 名
    míng

    name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people

  • 系
    xì

    to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) / system / department / faculty / to arrest / to worry

    jì

    to tie / to fasten / to button up

  • 统
    tǒng

    to gather / to unite / to unify / whole

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