户名 (hù míng) — account name (the name under which a bank account, utility account, or similar is registered)

Definition

noun
account name (the name under which a bank account, utility account, or similar is registered)

Examples

  • 户名。
    Qǐng hé duì nín de hù míng shì fǒu zhèng què.
    Please check whether your account name is correct.
  • 户名。
    Bàn kǎ shí xū yào tián xiě hù míng.
    When applying for a card, you need to fill in the account name.
  • 户名。
    Zhè ge hù míng hé shēn fèn zhèng shàng de míng zì bù yí yàng.
    This account name doesn't match the name on the ID card.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

户hùhousehold/account
名míngname

户 specifies whose name, and 名 gives the name itself, forming the name on an account.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

Open 户 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

Open 名 →

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