HSK 6 · Function Words

明明 míngmíng “clearly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 明明 means

  1. clearly
  2. obviously
  3. plainly
  4. undoubtedly
  5. definitely

How to say 明明

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

明明 in a sentence

  1. 我明明没招惹任何人。

    Wǒ míngmíng méi zhāorě rènhé rén.

    I clearly didn’t provoke anyone.

    Sentence #13887455 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 明明 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 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 明明

明 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 明明

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright

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连同liántóng · together with嘛ma · (particle indicating obviousness or urging)枚méi · (measure word for coins免得miǎnde · so as not to默默mòmò · silently宁肯nìngkěn · would rather宁愿nìngyuàn · would rather哦ò · oh (indicating understanding)

FAQs

明明 (míngmíng) means “clearly” or “obviously”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it míngmíng: míng with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 明明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 明明 from the suggestions. Typing mingming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
明明 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.