Chinese word

提名

Pronunciation

Pinyintí míng

Meaning

  • verbnominate

Example

公司把他提名为年度最佳员工。gōng sī bǎ tā tí míng wèi nián dù zuì jiā yuán gōng

The company nominated him for Employee of the Year.

Illustration for 提名 (nominate)

More examples

校方提名她参加全国比赛。xiào fāng tí míng tā cān jiā quán guó bǐ sài

The school nominated her to compete in the national competition.

Core concept

A person's name is brought forward as a possible choice in a formal selection.

Common phrases

  • 提名候选人tí míng hòu xuǎn rén

    nominate a candidate

  • 把提名为bǎ tí míng wèi

    nominate as

  • 被提名参加评选bèi tí míng cān jiā píng xuǎn

    be nominated to take part in the selection

Similar words

推荐tuī jiàn: Recommend a person or thing to others for consideration or use.
任命rèn mìng: Formally appoint someone to a job, office, or assigned role.
指名zhǐ míng: Specify a particular person by name for a role or duty.
推举tuī jǔ: Recommend someone for candidacy in a group setting.

Definition in Chinese

在选举或评选场合把某人的名字列入候选名单。zài xuán jǔ huò píng xuǎn chǎng hé bǎ mǒu rén de míng zì liè rù hòu xuǎn míng dān

Word origin

提 (tí, "raise or put forward") + 名 (míng, "name") joins a lifting action with a person's name, creating the idea of putting that name forward for selection.

Usage tips

  • In formal announcements, Chinese can make the candidate the subject when the selecting group is unimportant, a pattern that helps explain why this word often appears in passive-style statements.

Other meanings

  • nominationnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 提名者tí míng zhěnominatornoun
  • 被提名者bèi tí míng zhěnomineenoun
  • 提名权tí míng quánright to nominatenoun

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