名
míng HSK1

name

名 míng
classifier measure word
a measure word for people, typically used in formal or professional contexts

我们公司有三十名技术人员。

wǒ​men gōng​sī yǒu sān​shí míng jì​shù rén​yuán.

Our company has thirty technicians.

name noun
the name or title of a person, place, or thing

他姓张，名三，是这里的主管。

tā xìng Zhāng, míng sān, shì zhè​lǐ de zhǔ​guǎn.

His surname is Zhang and his given name is San; he is the supervisor here.

rank measure word
a specific position or place in a ranking or competition

他在比赛中获得了第一名。

tā zài bǐ​sài zhōng huò​dé le dì​yī​míng.

He took first place in the competition.

famous adjective
widely known, celebrated, or distinguished

这是一位非常有名的艺术家。

zhè shì yī wèi fēi​cháng yǒu míng de yì​shù​jiā.

This is a very famous artist.

noun noun
a part of speech or grammatical category

在语法分析中，这个字通常标注为名。

zài yǔ​fǎ fēn​xī zhōng, zhè​ge zì tōng​cháng biāo​zhù wéi míng.

In grammatical analysis, this word is usually marked as a noun.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)