HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Numbers

名 míng “name” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 名 means

  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people

How to say 名

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale名míng2nd tone, rising

名 in a sentence

  1. 请告诉我你的名字。

    Qǐng gàosu wǒ nǐ de míngzi.

    Please tell me your name.

    Sentence #1053718 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他越来越有名了。

    Tā yuèláiyuè yǒumíng le.

    He’s getting more and more famous.

    Sentence #2052540 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你现在是名人了。

    Nǐ xiànzài shì míngrén le.

    You’re a celebrity now.

    Sentence #6089775 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 名

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

Words related to 名

Words with 名

名字míngzi · 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名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites

More words: Numbers & Measure Words

一半yībàn · half间jiān · (measure word for rooms)封fēng · (m.w. for letters好多hǎoduō · a lot of斤jīn · jin (unit of weight部bù · part

FAQs

名 (míng) means “name” or “noun (part of speech)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it míng: míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 名 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名 from the suggestions. Typing ming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.