名

míng

name

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

evening (夕) + mouth (口) = calling out your name in the dark

At dusk, you cannot see a person's face, so you call out their name to identify them. The mouth speaks the name that darkness makes necessary.

夕+口→名
口MouthSemantic
夕EveningSemantic

她在比赛中得了第一名。

tā zài bǐ sài zhōng dé le dì yī míng。

She got first place in the competition.

这座城市里有几名很有名的医生。

zhè zuò chéng shì lǐ yǒu jǐ míng hěn yǒu míng de yī shēng。

In this city there are several famous doctors.

Words with 名

万名

wàn míng

all names

旧名

jiù míng

former name

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

白名单

bái míng dān

whitelist

名列前茅

míng liè qián máo

to rank among the best

骂名

mà míng

infamy

黑名单

hēi míng dān

blacklist

莫名其妙

mò míng qí miào

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

名医

míng yī

famous doctor

身败名裂

shēn bài míng liè

to lose one's standing

名气

míng qi

reputation; fame

冠名

guàn míng

to name (a sports team, a competition etc)

More characters with 夕

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