名片
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
名片 (míngpiàn) · business card
名片 (míngpiàn) means “business card”. It is written with 2 characters: 名 (place (in a ranking)) + 片 (slice). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 名片 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)
片 piàn · slice
What 片 is made of
片 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.
Origin hint: Half of a tree trunk; compare 爿 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是我的名片。Zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn.This is my business card.
能给我一张名片吗？Néng gěi wǒ yī zhāng míngpiàn ma?Could you give me a business card?
Questions about 名片
What does 名片 mean?
名片 (míngpiàn) means “business card”.
How do you pronounce 名片?
名片 is pronounced míngpiàn.
Which HSK level is 名片?
名片 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 名字míngziname
- 有名yǒumíngfamous
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 名称míngchēngname (of a thing)
- 名单míngdānlist of names
- 姓名xìngmíngfull name
- 排名páimíngranking
- 点名diǎnmíngto call the roll
- 名牌儿míngpáirfamous brand
- 名人míngréncelebrity
Learn 名片 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 23: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.