HSK 4 · Verbs

报名 bàomíng “to sign up” in Chinese

Traditional 報名

What 报名 means

  1. to sign up
  2. to enter one’s name
  3. to apply
  4. to register
  5. to enroll
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to enlist

How to say 报名

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale名míng2nd tone, rising

报名 in a sentence

  1. 我怎样报名参加呢？

    Wǒ zěnyàng bàomíng cānjiā ne?

    How do I sign up?

    Sentence #5091752 from Tatoeba

  2. 报名时间已经过了。

    Bàomíng shíjiān yǐjīng guò le.

    Registration has already closed.

    Sentence #5551547 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 您需要带两张本人的白底报名照。

    Nín xūyào dài liǎng zhāng běnrén de bái dǐ bàomíng zhào.

    You need to bring two photos of yourself on a white background for the application.

    Sentence #808202 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 报名 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 报 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
报bàoto report; to inform; to announce
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
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.

How to write 报名

报 7 strokes · 名 6 strokes

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

Words related to 报名

Words with 报

报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper报道bàodào · to report (news)报到bàodào · to report for duty报告bàogào · to inform预报yùbào · forecast报社bàoshè · newspaper office报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)报复bàofu · to retaliate报酬bàochou · pay

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著名zhùmíng · famous名片míngpiàn · (business) card名牌míngpái · famous brand名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites

More words: Common Verbs

照顾zhàogu · take care of干gàn · to do安排ānpái · to arrange保护bǎohù · to protect抱bào · to hold遍biàn · measure word for times (start to finish)不管bùguǎn · not to be concerned擦cā · to wipe

FAQs

报名 (bàomíng) means “to sign up” or “to enter one’s name”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it bàomíng: bào with a 4th tone, then míng with a 2nd 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, 报名 is written 報名. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baoming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 报名 from the suggestions. Typing baoming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
报名 is an HSK 4 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.