Chinese word dictionary

名词

míng cí · (linguistics) noun; term (name for a concept)

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Word information

Simplified名词

Traditional名詞

Pinyinmíng cí

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

名míng

name; position, rank, title

词cí

phrase, expression; words, speech

How to learn 名词

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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名字míngzi

name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]

词cí

old variant of 詞|词[ci2]; word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])

名míng

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

姓名xìngmíng

surname and given name; full name

词典cídiǎn

dictionary; also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]; CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]

名单míngdān

list of names