HSK 6 · Adjectives

英明 yīngmíng “wise” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 英明 means

  1. wise
  2. brilliant

How to say 英明

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale英yīng1st 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

英明 in a sentence

  1. 他虽年轻，但十分英明。

    Tā suī niánqīng, dàn shífēn yīngmíng.

    Though young, he’s very wise.

    Sentence #431605 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 英明 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 英 (yīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
英yīnghero
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 央central · yāngSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 央 (yāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yīng.

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 英明

英 8 strokes · 明 8 strokes

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

Words related to 英明

Words with 英

英雄yīngxióng · hero英俊yīngjùn · handsome英勇yīngyǒng · heroic

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

一贯yíguàn · consistent一流yìliú · first-class一目了然yímùliǎorán · clear at a glance隐蔽yǐnbì · hidden英勇yīngyǒng · heroic隐约yǐnyuē · faint一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous永恒yǒnghéng · eternal

FAQs

英明 (yīngmíng) means “wise” or “brilliant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yīngmíng: yīng 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.
Yes. 英明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 英明 from the suggestions. Typing yingming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
英明 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.