明白

Character by character

• 明míng8 strokesHSK 1bright, light, brilliant; clear
• 白bái5 strokesHSK 1white; pure, unblemished; bright

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

Example sentences

• 我明白。

  Wǒ míng bai

  I get it.

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• 明白了。

  Míng bai le

  I got it.

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• 不明白。

  Bù míng bai

  I don't understand.

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• 我明白了。

  Wǒ míng bai le

  I understand.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

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

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 明显míng xiǎnHSK 3

  clear; distinct; obvious

• 证明zhèng míngHSK 3

  proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of

• 白báiHSK 1

  white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 聪明cōng mingHSK 5

  intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing)

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 白色bái sèHSK 2

  white; fig. reactionary; anti-communist

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 文明wén míngHSK 3

  civilized; civilization; culture

• 白天bái tiānHSK 1

  daytime; during the day; day

• 发明fā míngHSK 3

  to invent; an invention

• 明明míng míngHSK 5

  obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely

• 光明guāng míngHSK 3

  light; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc); openhearted

• 空白kòng báiHSK 7

  blank space

• 透明tòu míngHSK 4

  transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny

• 蛋白质dàn bái zhìHSK 7

  protein

• 坦白tǎn báiHSK 7

  honest; forthcoming; to confess

• 明智míng zhìHSK 7

  sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious

• 查明chá míngHSK 7

  to investigate and find out; to ascertain

• 苍白cāng bái

  pale; wan