名字
míngzi
name
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
名name
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字character
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6 strokes · 4.1s
6 strokes · 4.1s
Examples
- 你叫什么名字?What's your name?
- 我的名字叫小明。My name is Xiao Ming.
Collocations
叫什么名字我的名字名字叫
Mnemonic
名字 míngzi "name" — 名 + 字. Standard self-intro: 我叫... ("I am called...") or 我的名字是... ("My name is..."). Note: in classical Chinese, 字 was a "courtesy name" given at adulthood — different from 名 — but modern usage merges them.
Quick check
How to answer 叫什么名字?