HSK 6 · Society

名誉 míngyù “reputation” in Chinese

Traditional 名譽

What 名誉 means

  1. reputation
  2. honour
  3. honorary
  4. fame
  5. emeritus (of retired professor)

How to say 名誉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale名míng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale誉yù4th tone, falling

名誉 in a sentence

  1. 我觉得我的名誉受到了威胁。

    Wǒ juéde wǒ de míngyù shòudào le wēixié.

    I felt that my reputation was under threat.

    Sentence #884181 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 媒体抹黑了他的名誉。

    Méitǐ mǒhēi le tā de míngyù.

    The media smeared his reputation.

    Sentence #13964093 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 尽管有金钱和名誉，他还是不幸福。

    Jǐnguǎn yǒu jīnqián hé míngyù, tā háishi bú xìngfú.

    Despite all his money and fame, he still isn’t happy.

    Sentence #5762994 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 名誉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 名 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
名míngname
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidEvening 夕 and a mouth 口: in the dark you call out your name.

The character 誉 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
誉yùto praise
  • 兴to thrive · xīng
  • 言speech · yán

How to write 名誉

名 6 strokes · 誉 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

名誉 (míngyù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 名誉 (míngyù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 名誉

Words with 名

名字míngzi · name名míng · name姓名xìngmíng · full name有名yǒumíng · famous名单míngdān · list of names名人míngrén · celebrity报名bàomíng · to sign up著名zhùmíng · famous名片míngpiàn · (business) card名牌míngpái · famous brand

Words with 誉

信誉xìnyù · reputation荣誉róngyù · honour声誉shēngyù · reputation

More words: Society & Law

流氓liúmáng · hooligan掠夺lüèduó · to plunder埋伏máifu · to lie in ambush面子miànzi · face民间mínjiān · folk民主mínzhǔ · democracy虐待nüèdài · to abuse奴隶núlì · slave

FAQs

名誉 (míngyù) means “reputation” or “honour”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míngyù: míng with a 2nd tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 名誉 is written 名譽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名誉 from the suggestions. Typing mingyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名誉 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.