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cải danh

Pronunciation Northern /ka̰ːj˧˩˧ zajŋ˧˧/ Central /kaːj˧˩˨ jan˧˥/ Southern /kaːj˨˩˦ jan˧˧/
name change
Noun
name change
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Meaning
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
name change Core ActionsTheme

Antonomasia is the practice of changing one's name or using a different title instead of a real name.

vi Việc cải danh giúp anh ấy bắt đầu một cuộc sống mới.

en The name change helped him start a new life.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
change name

To change one's name involves the act of officially or informally adopting a new name or title.

vi Cô ấy quyết định cải danh sau khi kết hôn.

en She decided to change her name after getting married.

Parts
cải / danh / 改名
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
改名
Candidates by syllable
cải 改 danh 名
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
cải lương / cải thiện / cải biên / cải tiến …
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