Definition & Meaning

1.list one's own name (on somebody else's work)

2.nominal; titular

Word usage

guà míng

挂 名

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1
v.list one's own name (on somebody else's work)
- tā zài zhǐ shì zài shū shàng guà míng le ér yǐ
  他在只是在书上挂名了而已。
  He just list his own name on somebody else's work.
2
adj.nominal; titular
- guà míng chāi shǐ
  挂名差使
  nominal job
- tā zhǐ shì gè guà míng de lǜ shī tā zhěng tiān huà huà
  她只是个挂名的律师，她整天画画。
  She is a lawyer in name only, and she paints all day.
- guà míng chōng shù
  挂名充数
  hold a nominal position to make up the number

Word usage

Separable word
"挂" and "名" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 他在那里工作，只是挂了个名。
  He is a nominal worker there.
- 他在那家出版社挂过名，当过顾问。
  He worked as a nominal consultant in that publishing house.
- 他虽调离了，但在原公司还挂着名呢。
  Although he has been transferred, his name is still registered in his former company.

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