他以他祖父的名字被命名。 他以他祖父的名字被命名。 他以他祖父的名字被命名。

He was named after his grandfather.

Simplified

他以他祖父的名字被命名。

Pinyin

Tā yǐ tā zǔfù de míngzi bèi mìngmíng.

Bopomofo

ㄊㄚ ㄧˇ ㄊㄚ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ ㄅㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ。

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

Words in this sentence

• 他(tā)him
• 以(yǐ)use
• 祖(zǔ)父(fù)father's father
• 的(de)marks possession and modification
• 名(míng)字(zi)name
• 被(bèi)used to indicate passive voice
• 命(mìng)名(míng)give a name to

This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by Martha, with the English translation by CK. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

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