Chinese symbol for “nominate”

提名

tí míng

to nominate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nominate is 提名 (tí míng), defined as: to nominate.

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Characters and stroke order

提 tí

to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise

radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes

名 míng

name; position, rank, title

radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “nominate”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
推	tuī	to push; to cut
荐举 (薦舉)	jiàn jǔ	to propose (for a job); to nominate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 提名.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
提供	tí gōng	to offer; to supply
提出	tí chū	to raise (an issue); to propose
提高	tí gāo	to raise; to increase
提升	tí shēng	to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
提醒	tí xǐng	to remind; to call attention to
提到	tí dào	to mention; to raise (a subject)
名字	míng zi	name (of a person or thing)
著名	zhù míng	famous; noted

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.