名字 (míngzi) means (a person's) Name. Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
From the graded readers
发消息的人用的是小林的 名字 。
fā xiāoxi de / dì rén yòng de / dì shì xiǎo lín de / dì míngzi.
The name on the message was Xiaolin's.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
照片背面写着一个日期和一个 名字 ，可是那个 名字 她也想不起来了。
zhàopiàn bēi miàn xiězhe yīgè rìqī hé yīgè míngzi, kěshì nèigè míngzi tā yě xiǎng bù qǐlai le / liǎo / liào.
On the back was a date and a name, but even she couldn't place the name.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the travel phrasebook
我备注一下您的 名字 。
Wǒ bèizhù yíxià nín de míngzi.
Let me save your name.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
From the grammar library
老师的 名字 很长。
Lǎoshī de míngzi hěn cháng.
The teacher's name is long.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 的 for possession and description
Questions about 名字
How is 名字 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 名字 (míngzi, "(a person's) Name"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 名字 an HSK word?
Yes — 名字 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 名字?
The dictionary page for 名字 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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