What 名字 means
- (a person's) Name
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Questions about 名字
What does 名字 mean in English?
名字 is pronounced míngzi and means (a person's) Name.
How do you pronounce 名字?
名字 is míngzi in pinyin — written mingzi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 名字?
名字 is written with 2 characters: 名 (míng) Name (reputation - famous - mw for people with professions), 字 (zì) Character (symbol - letter - word). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
Is 名字 an HSK word?
Yes — 名字 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
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