HSK 5 · Work

名片 míngpiàn “(business) card” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 名片 means

  1. (business) card

How to say 名片

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale片piàn4th tone, falling

名片 in a sentence

  1. 看，这是我的名片。

    Kàn, zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn.

    Look, this is my business card.

    Sentence #347814 from Tatoeba

How 名片 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 片 (piàn) drawn as one shape
片piànthin piece

片 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 名片

名 6 strokes · 片 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 名片

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名牌míngpái · famous brand名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites

Words with 片

照片zhàopiàn · picture片piàn · slice片面piànmiàn · one-sided动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film片刻piànkè · a moment片断piànduàn · fragment

More words: Work & Career

老板lǎobǎn · boss利益lìyì · benefit领导lǐngdǎo · leader秘书mìshū · secretary模特mótè · (fashion) model农民nóngmín · farmer农业nóngyè · agriculture培训péixùn · to train

FAQs

名片 (míngpiàn) means “(business) card”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it míngpiàn: míng with a 2nd tone, then piàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 名片 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingpian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名片 from the suggestions. Typing mingpian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名片 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.