名字 míngzi — name

Meanings

1. 1

   name

   A person’s name. In everyday speech 名字 covers both the given name alone and the full name; the answer to 你叫什么名字 can be either.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 名

  míng (second tone, rising)

  name; given name; reputation, famous; measure word for people counted by rank or role

  6 strokes⿱夕口Radical 口
• 字

  zì (fourth tone, falling)

  a written character; a word in writing; handwriting; a courtesy name

  6 strokes⿱宀子Radical 子

Example sentences

• 请写你的名字。/請寫你的名字。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) xiě (third tone, dipping) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) míngzi. (second tone, rising)···

  Please write your name.

• 我不认识他，他叫什么名字？/我不認識他，他叫什麼名字？Wǒ (third tone, dipping) bú (second tone, rising) rènshi (fourth tone, falling) tā, (first tone, high and level) tā (first tone, high and level) jiào (fourth tone, falling) shénme (second tone, rising) míngzi? (second tone, rising)···

  I don’t know him — what’s his name?

Similar words

Words containing 名

• 有名yǒumíng (third tone, dipping)famous, well known

Words containing 字

• 字zì (fourth tone, falling)character, written word