HSK 4 · Adjectives

著名 zhùmíng “famous” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 著名 means

  1. famous
  2. noted
  3. well-known
  4. celebrated

How to say 著名

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale著zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale名míng2nd tone, rising

著名 in a sentence

  1. 他成为了著名的歌手。

    Tā chéngwéi le zhùmíng de gēshǒu.

    He became a famous singer.

    Sentence #1417584 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 许多著名的画家居住在澳洲。

    Xǔduō zhùmíng de huàjiā jūzhù zài Àozhōu.

    Many famous artists live in Australia.

    Sentence #9433032 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 昨天我遇见了世界上最著名的演员之一。

    Zuótiān wǒ yùjiàn le shìjiè shàng zuì zhùmíng de yǎnyuán zhīyī.

    Yesterday I met one of the most famous actors in the world.

    Sentence #2318418 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 著名 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 著 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
著zhùto make known
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

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.

How to write 著名

著 11 strokes · 名 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 著名

Words with 著

显著xiǎnzhù · notable著作zhùzuò · written work

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名片míngpiàn · (business) card名牌míngpái · famous brand名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites

More words: Adjectives

有趣yǒuqù · interesting友好yǒuhǎo · friendly脏zāng · dirty重zhòng · heavy正常zhèngcháng · regular正确zhèngquè · correct正式zhèngshì · formal直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)

FAQs

著名 (zhùmíng) means “famous” or “noted”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhùmíng: zhù with a 4th 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. 著名 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 著名 from the suggestions. Typing zhuming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
著名 is an HSK 4 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.