mệnh danh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 命名.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məjŋ̟˧˨ʔ zajŋ̟˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [men˨˩ʔ jɛɲ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [məːn˨˩˨ jan˧˧]

Verb

mệnh danh

  1. (literary, usually in the passive) to give a moniker or epithet to someone or something, by which they are or it is popularly known
    được mệnh danh là... ― to be popularly known as...
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