名单
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
名单 (míngdān) · list of names
名单 (míngdān) means “list of names”. It is written with 2 characters: 名 (place (in a ranking)) + 单 (list). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 名单 is built
The characters
名 míng · place (in a ranking)
What 名 is made of
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
单 dān · list
What 单 is made of
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
Example sentences
你的名字在名单上。Nǐ de míngzi zài míngdān shàng.Your name is on the list.
名单上有我吗？Míngdān shàng yǒu wǒ ma?Am I on the list?
Questions about 名单
What does 名单 mean?
名单 (míngdān) means “list of names”.
How do you pronounce 名单?
名单 is pronounced míngdān.
Which HSK level is 名单?
名单 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 名字míngziname
- 有名yǒumíngfamous
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 名称míngchēngname (of a thing)
- 姓名xìngmíngfull name
- 排名páimíngranking
- 点名diǎnmíngto call the roll
- 名牌儿míngpáirfamous brand
- 名片míngpiànbusiness card
- 名人míngréncelebrity
Learn 名单 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 70: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.