报名
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
报名 (bàomíng) · to sign up
报名 (bàomíng) means “to sign up; to register”. It is written with 2 characters: 报 (newspaper) + 名 (place (in a ranking)). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 报名 is built
The characters
报 bào · newspaper
What 报 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
Origin hint: A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
我想报名学游泳。Wǒ xiǎng bàomíng xué yóuyǒng.I want to sign up for swimming lessons.
你在哪儿报名？Nǐ zài nǎr bàomíng?Where do you sign up?
Questions about 报名
What does 报名 mean?
报名 (bàomíng) means “to sign up; to register”.
How do you pronounce 报名?
报名 is pronounced bàomíng.
Which HSK level is 报名?
报名 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 报纸bàozhǐnewspaper
- 日报rìbàodaily newspaper
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 报到bàodàoto register
- 报道bàodàoto report (news)
- 报告bàogàoreport
- 预报yùbàoforecast
- 汇报huìbàoto report
- 报社bàoshènewspaper office
- 报仇bàochóuto take revenge
Learn 报名 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 14: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.