诨名 (hùn míng) — playful or mocking nickname; epithet

Definition

A traditional/literary word for a playful or mocking nickname — distinct from the everyday 外号 or 绰号, which are colloquial terms for nicknames in general.

noun

playful or mocking nicknameepithet

Examples

诨名“”。
Tā xiǎo shí hou yǒu gè hùn míng jiào "xiǎo pàng".
He had a nickname in childhood called 'Little Fatty'.
诨名。
Zhè běn xiǎo shuō gěi měi gè jué sè dōu qǐ le hùn míng.
This novel gives every character a nickname.
诨名。
Dà jiā sī xià dōu jiào tā nà ge bù hǎo tīng de hùn míng.
Everyone privately calls him that unpleasant nickname.

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