HSK 5 · Verbs

明确 míngquè “clear” in Chinese

Traditional 明確

What 明确 means

  1. clear
  2. definite
  3. to make clear
  4. clear-cut
  5. explicit
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to clarify
  • to specify
  • to make definite

How to say 明确

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling

明确 in a sentence

  1. 我只想要一个明确的答案。

    Wǒ zhǐ xiǎngyào yí ge míngquè de dá'àn.

    I just want a clear answer.

    Sentence #1867425 from Tatoeba

  2. 我要明确表示我不会再来了。

    Wǒ yào míngquè biǎoshì wǒ búhuì zài lái le.

    I want to make it clear that I won’t be coming again.

    Sentence #6070056 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 法律有很多不明确的地方。

    Fǎlǜ yǒu hěn duō bù míngquè de dìfang.

    There are many things in the law that aren’t clear.

    Sentence #335822 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 明确 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 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

How to write 明确

明 8 strokes · 确 12 strokes

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

Words related to 明确

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表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent光明guāngmíng · bright明显míngxiǎn · clear

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish精确jīngquè · accurate

More words: Thinking & Talking

骂mà · to scold满足mǎnzú · to satisfy秘密mìmì · secret描写miáoxiě · to describe盼望pànwàng · to hope for评价píngjià · to evaluate启发qǐfā · to inspire强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)

FAQs

明确 (míngquè) means “clear” or “definite”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it míngquè: míng with a 2nd tone, then què with a 4th 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, 明确 is written 明確. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingque with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 明确 from the suggestions. Typing mingque into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
明确 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.