姓名

Character by character

• 姓xìng8 strokesHSK 2one's family name; clan, people
• 名míng6 strokesHSK 1name, rank, title, position

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你的姓名是什么？

  Nǐ de xìng míng shì shén me

  What's your full name?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 姓名. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 名míngHSK 2

  name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people

• 名字míng ziHSK 1

  name (of a person or thing)

• 著名zhù míngHSK 4

  famous; noted; well-known; celebrated

• 名单míng dānHSK 2

  list of names

• 签名qiān míngHSK 5

  to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature

• 姓xìngHSK 2

  family name; surname; to be surnamed

• 名人míng rénHSK 4

  personage; celebrity

• 知名zhī míngHSK 6

  well-known; famous

• 名义míng yìHSK 6

  name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose

• 报名bào míngHSK 2

  to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist

• 排名pái míngHSK 3

  to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking

• 提名tí míngHSK 7

  to nominate

• 命名mìng míngHSK 7

  to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming

• 有名yǒu míngHSK 1

  famous; well-known

• 名称míng chēngHSK 2

  name (of a thing); name (of an organization)

• 名牌míng pái

  famous brand; nameplate; name tag

• 出名chū míngHSK 6

  well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)

• 名片míng piànHSK 4

  (business) card

• 莫名其妙mò míng qí miàoHSK 7

  (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable

• 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngHSK 3

  ordinary people; the "person in the street"

• 名誉míng yùHSK 6

  fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)

• 名声míng shēngHSK 7

  reputation

• 名额míng éHSK 6

  quota; number of places; place (in an institution, a group etc)

• 闻名wén míngHSK 7

  well-known; famous; renowned; eminent