名称 míngchēng name (of a thing)
name (of a thing); name (of an organization)
How to remember 名称: 名 name + 称 balanced = name (of a thing).
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How it is used
- Formal noun for the official name of things, organizations, or products, never people: 公司名称 (gōngsī míngchēng) - company name, 产品名称 (chǎnpǐn míngchēng) - product name.
- Different from 名字 (míngzi), the everyday word for a person's name and for informal naming - never use 名称 to ask someone's name.