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名额 míng'é “quota” in Chinese

Traditional 名額

What 名额 means

  1. quota
  2. number of places
  3. place (in an institution, a group etc)

How to say 名额

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale额é2nd tone, rising

名额 in a sentence

  1. 这次比赛每个学校只有两个名额。

    Zhè cì bǐsài měi ge xuéxiào zhǐ yǒu liǎng ge míng'é.

    Each school only has two places in this competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 名额有限，请尽快报名。

    Míng'é yǒuxiàn, qǐng jǐnkuài bàomíng.

    Places are limited, so please sign up as soon as possible.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 名额 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 额 (é) with each of its parts in a different colour
额éforehead
  • 客guest · kèSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 客 (kè) hints at the sound. Compare it with é.

How to write 名额

名 6 strokes · 额 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 名额

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 额

额外éwài · extra数额shù'é · amount

More words: Ideas & Concepts

力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability例外lìwài · exception轮廓lúnkuò · outline灭亡mièwáng · to perish名次míngcì · ranking迷信míxìn · superstition摩擦mócā · friction模范mófàn · model

FAQs

名额 (míng’é) means “quota” or “number of places”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míng’é: míng with a 2nd tone, then é 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, 名额 is written 名額. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type minge with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名额 from the suggestions. Typing minge into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名额 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.