名字 - Mandarin word #244

名字

míngzì

Traditional: 名字

HSK 2

#244 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

name (of a person or thing)

Stroke order

名

字

？

What is your name?

李lǐ。

My name is Li Ming.

？

What is the name of this place?

。

Please write down your name.

。

I forgot his name.

名字 (míng zì) means name (of a person or thing). It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.

那里

there, over there, that place

人

person, people

谁

who, whom

问

to ask, to inquire

知道

to know (a fact)

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 5.