名称

Character by character

• 名míng6 strokesHSK 1name, rank, title, position
• 称chēng10 strokesHSK 2 traditional 稱call; name, brand; address; say

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

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 名称. 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)

• 称chēngHSK 2

  to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise

• 著名zhù míngHSK 4

  famous; noted; well-known; celebrated

• 名单míng dānHSK 2

  list of names

• 称为chēng wéiHSK 3

  to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."

• 签名qiān míngHSK 5

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

• 名人míng rénHSK 4

  personage; celebrity

• 姓名xìng míngHSK 2

  surname and given name; full name

• 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

• 声称shēng chēngHSK 7

  to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert

• 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

• 称呼chēng huHSK 7

  to call; to address as; form of address; appellation

• 自称zì chēngHSK 7

  to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title

• 有名yǒu míngHSK 1

  famous; well-known

• 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

• 宣称xuān chēngHSK 7

  to assert; to claim

• 简称jiǎn chēngHSK 7

  to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form