Chinese symbol for “nominally”
名义上
míng yì shàng
Traditional: 名義上
nominally
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nominally is 名义上 (míng yì shàng), defined as: nominally.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nominally”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 名义上.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
| 以上 | yǐ shàng | that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.