HSK 5 · Places

名胜古迹 míngshènggǔjì “famous sights and historic sites” in Chinese

Traditional 名勝古跡

What 名胜古迹 means

  1. famous sights and historic sites
  2. historical sites and scenic spots

How to say 名胜古迹

  • 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胜shèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale古gǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迹jì4th tone, falling

名胜古迹 in a sentence

  1. 北京有很多名胜古迹。

    Běijīng yǒu hěn duō míngshènggǔjì.

    Beijing has lots of famous sights and historic sites.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次旅行我们参观了不少名胜古迹。

    Zhè cì lǚxíng wǒmen cānguān le bùshǎo míngshènggǔjì.

    On this trip we visited quite a few famous sights and historic sites.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 名胜古迹 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 胜 (shèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
胜shèngvictory
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 生life · shēngSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 生 (shēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with shèng.

The character 古 (gǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
古gǔancient
  • 十ten · shí
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 迹 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
迹jìtrace; mark; vestige; clue
  • 亦also · yìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 亦 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 名胜古迹

名 6 strokes · 胜 9 strokes · 古 5 strokes · 迹 9 strokes

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

Words related to 名胜古迹

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 胜

胜利shènglì · victory胜负shèngfù · victory or defeat优胜劣汰yōushèngliètài · survival of the fittest

Words with 古

古代gǔdài · ancient times古典gǔdiǎn · classical古怪gǔguài · strange考古kǎogǔ · archaeology古董gǔdǒng · antique

Words with 迹

奇迹qíjì · miracle痕迹hénjì · trace迹象jìxiàng · sign事迹shìjì · deed踪迹zōngjì · trace

More words: Places & Geography

胡同hútòng · lane家乡jiāxiāng · hometown建筑jiànzhù · to construct酒吧jiǔbā · bar农村nóngcūn · rural area欧洲Ōuzhōu · Europe宿舍sùshè · dormitory台阶táijiē · steps

FAQs

名胜古迹 (míngshènggǔjì) means “famous sights and historic sites” or “historical sites and scenic spots”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it míngshènggǔjì: míng with a 2nd tone, then shèng with a 4th tone, then gǔ with a 3rd tone, then jì 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, 名胜古迹 is written 名勝古跡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mingshengguji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 名胜古迹 from the suggestions. Typing mingshengguji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
名胜古迹 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.