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出名

chū míng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

出名 (chū míng) means "well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 出名 means

1. well-known for sth
2. to become well known
3. to make one's mark
4. to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)

The characters in 出名

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)

Example sentences

• 他出名了。
  He became famous.
• 她想出名。
  She wanted to be famous.
• 我不出名。
  I'm not famous.
• 她突然出名了。
  Tā tūrán chūmíng le.
  She suddenly became famous.
• 汤姆曾经很出名。
  Tom used to be famous.

Words containing 出名

• 系出名门xì chū míng ménto come from a distinguished family
• 混出名堂hùn chū míng tangto make it; to be somebody
• 闯出名堂chuǎng chū míng tangto make a name for oneself
• 人怕出名猪怕壮rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuànglit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)…
• 顶港有名声，下港上出名dǐng gǎng yǒu míng shēng , xià gǎng shàng chū míng(Taiwan) (saying) famous far and wide (from Taiwanese Hokkien)

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