注册名 (zhù cè míng) — registered name (e.g., username, company registration name)

Definition

noun
registered name (e.g., username, company registration name)

Examples

  • 注册名。
    Qǐng tián xiě nín de zhù cè míng.
    Please fill in your registered name.
  • 注册名。
    Gōng sī de zhù cè míng bì xū wéi yī.
    The company's registered name must be unique.
  • 注册名。
    Nǐ kě yǐ zài shè zhì lǐ gēng gǎi zhù cè míng.
    You can change the registered name in the settings.

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.

注册register
注zhùenter册cèregister
动宾Verb + object
名míngname

注册名 is the 名 used for 注册.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ注zhù
Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 冊; 册 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 冊 shows bamboo slips strung together, the pages of a book; the simplified 册 is a later shorthand.

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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.

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