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HSK 1 · Greetings

名字

míng zi

name

Stroke order of 名字

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

名 · 6 strokes字 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

At evening '夕' in the dark you call out with your mouth '口' the name of a child '子' under the roof '宀'.

Parts: 名 name (夕 evening + 口 mouth) + 字 character; word (宀 roof + 子 child)

The characters in 名字

  • 名 míng — name; measure word for people (6 strokes)
  • 字 zì — character; word (written) (6 strokes)

Example sentence

你叫什么名字？

What is your name?

Words with 名

有名famous姓名full name名name; measure word for people名称name (of a thing)名单list of names报名to sign up排名ranking; to rank

Words with 字

汉字Chinese character字character; word (written)字典(character) dictionary数字number; digit文字writing; characters

More words: Greetings

好good; well再见goodbye谢谢thank you不客气you're welcome对不起sorry没关系it doesn't matter; no problem没什么it's nothing; never mind没事儿it's OK; never mind请please; to invite请进please come in请坐please sit down请问excuse me, may I ask早early叫to be called; to call认识to know (someone); to recognize介绍to introduce

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