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名片 míngpiàn

名片 míngpiàn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 名片 míngpiàn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
míngpiàn | ming2 pian4
English translation
(business) card

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Traditional form

名片 míngpiàn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 名片 míngpiàn

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míng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

夕口

Number of Strokes

6
piān

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a slice of a tree, taken from the right half of (tree).

Positional decomposition

⿸??

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 名片 míngpiàn

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xìng Wáng , zhè shì de 名片 míngpiàn .

My family name is Wang and here is my name card.

xìng Chén , zhè shì de 名片 míngpiàn .

My family name is Chen. Here's my card.

他们 tā men Huán 留下 liú xià le 一张名片 míngpiàn 上面 shàng miàn 印着肖恩 Xiāo ēn · Lín de 名字 míngzi

They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.

yǒu de 名片 míngpiàn ,”朱迪丝 biān shuì biān 名片 míngpiàn le 过来 guò lái

"I've got his card." Judith said, handing it over.

zhè shì de 名片 míngpiàn 知道 zhīdào 哪里 nǎ lǐ Néng 找到 zhǎo dào

Here's my card. You know where to find me.

名片 míngpiàn Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 名片 míngpiàn and their own compounds.

名片 míngpiàn Compounds

See all 37 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 名片 míngpiàn in their composition.

  • míng
    • míng , mǐng , míng , míng , míng , míng , , ,
  • piān
    • bǎn
    • yuān
      • yūn ,
    • pái , dié , , yuān , tóu , yǒu , piàn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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