名 míng

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Traditional form

名 míng

Contains the radical

口 kǒu

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

A name called out 口 kǒu to hail someone at night 夕 xī

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿸夕口

Explanation

Traditionally explained as identifying youself at night (夕 xī ) by saying (口 kǒu ) your name (名 míng ) because is too dark for others to see you.

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作为 zuòwéi 一 yī 名 míng 足球 zú qiú 队员 duì yuán ,谁 shuí 都 dōu 超 chāo 不过 bùguò 他 tā .

As a football player he is second to none.

数百 shù bǎi 名 míng 无辜 wúgū 平民 píng mín 遭 zāo 残杀 cán shā .

Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.

我 wǒ 听到 tīng dào 有人 yǒu rén 叫 jiào 我 wǒ 的 de 名字 míngzi .

I heard my name called.

把 bǎ 你 nǐ 的 de 名字 míngzi 填 tián 在 zài 每 měi 页 yè 上 shǎng 端 duān 的 de 括弧 kuò hú 内 nèi .

Put your name in brackets at the top of each page.

他们 tā men 总是 zǒngshì 以 yǐ 教 Jiào 名 míng 互相 hùxiāng 称呼 chēnghu .

They always addressed each other by their Christian name.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 名 míng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
名 míng	name	名 míng
名字 míngzi	name (of a person or thing)	名字 míngzi
著名 zhùmíng	famous	著名 zhùmíng
名单 míng dān	list (of names)	名單
签名 qiān míng	to autograph	簽名
报名 bàomíng	to sign up	報名
排名 pái míng	ranking	排名 pái míng
名人 míng rén	personage	名人 míng rén
知名 zhī míng	well-known	知名 zhī míng
姓名 xìng míng	full name	姓名 xìng míng
名义 míng yì	name	名義
名叫 míng jiào	called	名叫 míng jiào
罪名 zuì míng	accusation	罪名 zuì míng
名称 míng chēng	name (of a thing)	名稱
提名 tí míng	to nominate	提名 tí míng
名牌 míngpái	famous brand	名牌 míngpái
出名 chū míng	well-known for sth	出名 chū míng
命名 mìngmíng	to dub	命名 mìngmíng
有名 yǒumíng	famous	有名 yǒumíng
名片 míngpiàn	(business) card	名片 míngpiàn
名声 míng shēng	reputation	名聲
名誉 míngyù	fame	名譽
莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào	(idiom) baffling	莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào
化名 huà míng	to use an alias	化名 huà míng
匿名 nì míng	anonymous	匿名 nì míng