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míng

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míng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
míng | ming2
English translation
to engrave, to inscribe

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About míng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

míng

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

To carve  jīn one's name  míng míng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of míng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

釒名

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Words with míng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
铭记 míng jì to engrave in one's memory銘記
座右铭 zuòyòumíng motto座右銘
刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn unforgettable刻骨銘心
míng to engrave míng
铭刻 míng kè a carved inscription銘刻
铭文 míng wén inscription銘文
墓志铭 mù zhì míng epitaph墓誌銘
郭台铭 Guō Tái Míng Guo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn郭台銘
碑铭 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet碑銘
辜鸿铭 Gū Hóng míng Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views辜鴻銘
贝聿铭 Bèi Yù míng Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect貝聿銘
铭心刻骨 míng xīn kè gǔ undying gratitude銘心刻骨
罗保铭 Luó Bǎo míng Luo Baoming (1952-), sixth governor of Hainan羅保銘
铭心镂骨 míng xīn lòu gǔ undying gratitude銘心鏤骨

míng Decomposition & Compounds

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