HSK 6 · Ideas

名次 míngcì “ranking” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 名次 means

  1. ranking
  2. position in a list
  3. position in a ranking of names
  4. place
  5. rank

How to say 名次

  • 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次cì4th tone, falling

名次 in a sentence

  1. 他在比赛中取得了好名次。

    Tā zài bǐsài zhōng qǔdé le hǎo míngcì.

    He did well in the competition rankings.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 名次不重要，重要的是参加。

    Míngcì bú zhòngyào, zhòngyào de shì cānjiā.

    Where you finish doesn’t matter; what matters is taking part.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 名次 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 次 (cì) with each of its parts in a different colour
次cìnext in sequence
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 欠yawn · qiàn

How to write 名次

名 6 strokes · 次 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 名次

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 次

次cì · times其次qícì · next再次zàicì · once again次要cìyào · secondary次序cìxù · order屡次lǚcì · repeatedly次品cìpǐn · defective product层次céngcì · level档次dàngcì · grade

More words: Ideas & Concepts

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FAQs

名次 (míngcì) means “ranking” or “position in a list”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míngcì: míng with a 2nd tone, then cì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 名次 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingci with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名次 from the suggestions. Typing mingci into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名次 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.