名
Meaning
- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
Example sentence
他出名了。
He became famous.
The character 名
名 is 夕, evening, over 口, a mouth: saying who you are once it is too dark to be seen. A name — 名字, 姓名 — and then a reputation: 有名 famous, 名牌儿 a name people know.
Words containing 名
- 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing)
- 有名 yǒu míng famous
- 报名 bào míng to sign up
- 名称 míng chēng name (of a thing)
- 名单 míng dān list of names
- 姓名 xìng míng full name
- 排名 pái míng to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
- 点名 diǎn míng roll call
- 名牌儿 míng pái r erhua form of 名牌
- 名片 míng piàn (business) card
- 名人 míng rén personage