HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Things

名单 míngdān “list of names” in Chinese

Traditional 名單

What 名单 means

  1. list of names

How to say 名单

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale单dān1st tone, high and level

名单 in a sentence

  1. 他的名字不在名单里。

    Tā de míngzi bú zài míngdān lǐ.

    His name is not on the list.

    Sentence #782335 from Tatoeba

  2. 请把我的名字加在名单上。

    Qǐng bǎ wǒ de míngzi jiā zài míngdān shàng.

    Please add my name to the list.

    Sentence #893047 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 你的名字已经从名单删除了。

    Nǐ de míngzi yǐjīng cóng míngdān shānchú le.

    Your name has been removed from the list.

    Sentence #4846808 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 名单 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 单 (dān) drawn as one shape
单dānbill

单 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 名单

名 6 strokes · 单 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 名单

Words with 名

名字míngzi · name名míng · name姓名xìngmíng · full name有名yǒumíng · famous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

Words with 单

菜单càidān · menu简单jiǎndān · simple单纯dānchún · simple单调dāndiào · monotonous单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)单元dānyuán · unit (forming an entity)单独dāndú · alone传单chuándān · leaflet床单chuángdān · bed sheet

More words: Things & Objects

声shēng · sound电diàn · electricity鞋xié · shoe纸zhǐ · paper相机xiàngjī · camera大衣dàyī · overcoat箱子xiāngzi · box耳机ěrjī · headphones

FAQs

名单 (míngdān) means “list of names”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it míngdān: míng with a 2nd tone, then dān with a 1st 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, 名单 is written 名單. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingdan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名单 from the suggestions. Typing mingdan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名单 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.