Definition & Meaning

1.formal name used at school (as distinguished from infant name or pet name at home)

2.scientific name (e.g. Latin name for plants, etc.)

Word usage

xué míng

学 名

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n.formal name used at school (as distinguished from infant name or pet name at home)
- shàng xué yǐ hòu jiù méi rén jiào nǐ de xiǎo míng le dōu jiào nǐ de xué míng
  上学以后，就没人叫你的小名了，都叫你的学名。
  After you went to school, no one called your nickname and they called your formal name.
synonym
dà míng大名
antonym
xiǎo míng小名 rǔ míng乳名 nǎi míng奶名
2
n.scientific name (e.g. Latin name for plants, etc.)
- gāi bìng dú de xué míng shì zhū shēng zhí yù hū xī zhàng ài zōng hé zhèng
  该病毒的学名是猪生殖与呼吸障碍综合症。
  The scientific name is porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
synonym
pǐn míng品名 zhuān míng专名

Word usage

common measure word
"学名" is often matched with measure word "个".
- 一个学名
  one scientific name

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