以…命名
to be named after; to name (something) after
Structure
A 以 人名／地名 命名 ｜ 以 B 为 A 命名 ｜ A 被命名为 “名字”
What it means
“To be named after; to name something after”: after 以 comes the source of the name, a person, a place or an event.
How it is built
Thing + 以 + source (的名字) + 命名, or 以 + source + 为 + thing + 命名: 国际天文学联合会以张衡的名字为一个环形山命名 (the IAU named a crater after Zhang Heng).
When to use it
Written and formal, built on 命名 (4-3) and 以…为… (1-2). To give the name itself use (被)命名为 + the name in quotation marks. In conversation say 用…的名字起名 or 叫….
Watch out
Don't put the new name after 以. ✗ 以“张衡环形山”命名 ✓ 以张衡的名字命名 ✓ 被命名为“张衡环形山”.
Examples
月球背面有好几个环形山是以中国人的名字命名的。
Several craters on the far side of the Moon are named after Chinese people.
国际天文学联合会以张衡的名字为一个环形山命名。
The International Astronomical Union named a crater after Zhang Heng.
这座新建的大桥被命名为“和平桥”。
The newly built bridge has been named “Peace Bridge”.
Learn this in Lesson 101 · HSK 6–7: 月球上的中国名字 (Chinese names on the Moon)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.
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