名额 (míng'é) · quota

名额 (míng'é) means “quota; number of places”. It is written with 2 characters: 名 (place (in a ranking)) + 额 (forehead). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).

How 名额 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
口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
  - 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke

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)

额 é · forehead

What 额 is made of

客kè — guest
- 宀 — roof
  - 丶 — dot
  - 冖mì — cover
- 各gè — individual
  - 夂zhǐ — to go
  - 口kǒu — mouth
页yè — page
- 贝bèi — sea shell
  - 冂 — frame
  - 人rén — person

Example sentences

这次比赛只有十个名额。Zhè cì bǐsài zhǐyǒu shí gè míng'é.There are only ten places in this competition.

学校给了我们班两个名额。Xuéxiào gěi le wǒmen bān liǎng gè míng'é.The school gave our class two places.

Questions about 名额

What does 名额 mean?

名额 (míng'é) means “quota; number of places”.

How do you pronounce 名额?

名额 is pronounced míng'é.

Which HSK level is 名额?

名额 is in Old HSK 6.

Related words

Learn 名额 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 127: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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