名字

Character by character

• 名míng6 strokesHSK 1name, rank, title, position
• 字zì6 strokesHSK 1letter, character, word

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我没有名字。

  Wǒ méi yǒu míng zi

  I have no name.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 名字. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 名míngHSK 2

  name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people

• 字zìHSK 1

  letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

• 著名zhù míngHSK 4

  famous; noted; well-known; celebrated

• 数字shù zìHSK 2

  numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)

• 名单míng dānHSK 2

  list of names

• 签名qiān míngHSK 5

  to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature

• 名人míng rénHSK 4

  personage; celebrity

• 文字wén zìHSK 3

  character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology

• 姓名xìng míngHSK 2

  surname and given name; full name

• 知名zhī míngHSK 6

  well-known; famous

• 名义míng yìHSK 6

  name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose

• 报名bào míngHSK 2

  to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist

• 排名pái míngHSK 3

  to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking

• 提名tí míngHSK 7

  to nominate

• 签字qiān zìHSK 5

  to sign (one's name); signature

• 命名mìng míngHSK 7

  to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming

• 有名yǒu míngHSK 1

  famous; well-known

• 字母zì mǔHSK 4

  letter (of the alphabet)

• 名称míng chēngHSK 2

  name (of a thing); name (of an organization)

• 名牌míng pái

  famous brand; nameplate; name tag

• 出名chū míngHSK 6

  well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)

• 名片míng piànHSK 4

  (business) card

• 莫名其妙mò míng qí miàoHSK 7

  (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable

• 名誉míng yùHSK 6

  fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)