名

míng · ming

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)架(jià)飞(fēi)机(jī)一(yí)次(cì)可(kě)以(yǐ)携(xié)带(dài)40名(míng)乘(chéng)客(kè)。

This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

法(fǎ)庭(tíng)对(duì)他(tā)的(de)谋(móu)杀(shā)罪(zuì)名(míng)作(zuò)出(chū)了(le)无(wú)罪(zuì)判(pàn)决(jué)。

The court acquitted him of the charge of murder.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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