HSK 6 · Adjectives

鲜明 xiānmíng “distinct” in Chinese

Traditional 鮮明

What 鲜明 means

  1. distinct
  2. clear-cut
  3. bright
  4. (of colours) bright
  5. fresh and clear

How to say 鲜明

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale鲜xiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

鲜明 in a sentence

  1. 广场被鲜明的灯火照亮。

    Guǎngchǎng bèi xiānmíng de dēnghuǒ zhàoliàng.

    The square was lit up by bright lights.

    Sentence #3080265 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 鲜明 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 鲜 (xiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
鲜xiānfresh
  • 鱼fish · yúMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

鱼 hints at the meaning (fish); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiān.

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 鲜明

鲜 14 strokes · 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.

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

Words related to 鲜明

Words with 鲜

新鲜xīnxiān · fresh experience海鲜hǎixiān · seafood鲜艳xiānyàn · bright-coloured

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

More words: Adjectives

响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear相应xiāngyìng · corresponding贤惠xiánhuì · virtuous先进xiānjìn · advanced显著xiǎnzhù · notable潇洒xiāosǎ · free and easy小心翼翼xiǎoxīnyìyì · very carefully狭窄xiázhǎi · narrow

FAQs

鲜明 (xiānmíng) means “distinct” or “clear-cut”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiānmíng: xiān with a 1st 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 鲜明 is written 鮮明. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鲜明 from the suggestions. Typing xianming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鲜明 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.