HSK 5 · Money

名牌 míngpái “famous brand” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 名牌 means

  1. famous brand
  2. nameplate
  3. name tag

How to say 名牌

  • 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牌pái2nd tone, rising

名牌 in a sentence

  1. 她喜欢买名牌包。

    Tā xǐhuan mǎi míngpái bāo.

    She likes buying designer bags.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这件衣服是名牌，所以很贵。

    Zhè jiàn yīfu shì míngpái, suǒyǐ hěn guì.

    This piece of clothing is a big brand, so it’s expensive.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 名牌 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 牌 (pái) with each of its parts in a different colour
牌páisignboard; plaque; plate; tablet 块)
  • 片slice · piànMeaning part
  • 卑humble · bēiSound part

片 hints at the meaning (slice); 卑 (bēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with pái.

How to write 名牌

名 6 strokes · 牌 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 名牌

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名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites

Words with 牌

登机牌dēngjīpái · boarding pass

More words: Money & Economy

进口jìnkǒu · to import利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)贸易màoyì · (commercial) trade赔偿péicháng · to compensate破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt欠qiàn · to owe人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)

FAQs

名牌 (míngpái) means “famous brand” or “nameplate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it míngpái: míng with a 2nd tone, then pái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 名牌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingpai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名牌 from the suggestions. Typing mingpai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名牌 is an HSK 5 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.