Definition

1. Verb:
   • To name; to give a name: The act of choosing and assigning a specific word or phrase to identify a person, place, thing, or concept.
   • To designate; to call: To decide upon and apply a particular title or label.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ đặt tên con là Minh. (They named their child Minh.)
  • Chúng tôi cần đặt tên cho công ty mới. (We need to name the new company.)
  • Tại sao người ta lại đặt tên con sông này là Sông Hồng? (Why did people name this river the Red River?)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase can be used in both literal contexts (naming a baby) and figurative or creative contexts (naming a project, a theory, or a phenomenon).
• It often implies a deliberate, thoughtful, or ceremonial act of bestowing a name.

Variants and Related Words

• Đặt tên hiệu (v): to give a pseudonym or a style name.

  • Nhà thơ còn đặt tên hiệu cho mình. (The poet also gave himself a pseudonym.)

• Đặt tên gọi (v): to give a designation or a term.

  • Các nhà khoa học đặt tên gọi mới cho loài virus. (Scientists gave a new designation to the virus.)

Synonyms

• Name: To give a name to.
• Call: To designate by a specified name.
• Christen: To name at a baptism, or to name something new ceremonially.

Related Idioms

• Trông mặt đặt tên: (Literal: Look at the face to give the name) A proverb meaning to judge someone's character or nature by their appearance and name them accordingly.
  • Dân gian có câu "trông mặt đặt tên". (There is a folk saying, "look at the face to give the name.")

verb

1. to name; to give a name