名
míng HSK1

name

名 míng
name noun
name or title of a person or thing; a person's given name

我不记得歌名了。

wǒ bù jì de gē míng le.

I don’t remember the song name.

[classifier] measure word
used for people, often those with a specific occupation or professional status

我们班有三十名学生。

wǒ​men bān yǒu sān​shí míng xué​sheng.

There are 30 students in our class.

两名孩子都被找到了。

liǎng míng hái​zi dōu bèi zhǎo dào le.

Both children have been found.

famous adjective
well-known; famous; celebrated; of high quality or value

这是他在佛罗伦萨最着名的作品之一。

zhè shì tā zài fó​luó​lún​sà zuì zhe míng de zuò​pǐn zhī​yī.

This is one of his most famous works in Florence.

reputation nounverb
fame; reputation; prestige
place noun
position in a ranking or competition (e.g. first place)

我得了第三名。

wǒ dé le dì sān míng.

I won third place.

to describe adjectiveadverb
to describe or give a name to; to express in words
[position] noun
the status or capacity in which something is done; nominal; titular; the name of something as opposed to its reality
to be named verb
to be called; to have the name of
to possess
(literary) to own or possess, usually used in the negative to mean 'to not have even a penny'
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
203rd most common 1025.7 per million
Movie subtitles
188th most common 922.9 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
296.6 per million appears in 56% of films
Written text
824.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+540D

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)