有名
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 3
有名 (yǒumíng) · famous
有名 (yǒumíng) means “famous”. It is written with 2 characters: 有 (to have) + 名 (place (in a ranking)). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 有名 is built
The characters
有 yǒu · to have
What 有 is made of
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
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
这个饭馆很有名。Zhège fànguǎn hěn yǒumíng.This restaurant is very famous.
他是有名的医生吗?Tā shì yǒumíng de yīshēng ma?Is he a famous doctor?
Questions about 有名
What does 有名 mean?
有名 (yǒumíng) means “famous”.
How do you pronounce 有名?
有名 is pronounced yǒumíng.
Which HSK level is 有名?
有名 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 还有háiyǒualso
- 没有méiyǒunot have
- 有的yǒudesome (of them)
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 有些yǒuxiēsome
- 有用yǒuyònguseful
- 所有suǒyǒuall
- 有空儿yǒukòngrto be free
- 有人yǒurénsomeone
- 有点儿yǒudiǎnra little
Learn 有名 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.