名牌儿 (míngpáir) · famous brand
名牌儿 (míngpáir) means “famous brand; name brand”. It is written with 3 characters: 名 (place (in a ranking)) + 牌 (sign) + 儿 (child). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 名牌儿 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)
牌 pái · sign
What 牌 is made of
- 片piàn — slice
- 卑bēi — humble
- 白bái — white
- 日rì — sun; day
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 白bái — white
Origin hint: 片 gives the meaning, 卑 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
儿 ér · child
What 儿 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 名牌儿
What does 名牌儿 mean?
名牌儿 (míngpáir) means “famous brand; name brand”.
How do you pronounce 名牌儿?
名牌儿 is pronounced míngpáir.
Which HSK level is 名牌儿?
名牌儿 is in HSK 4 (2021).
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
- 名片míngpiànbusiness card
- 名人míngréncelebrity
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 22: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.