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名牌

míng pái

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

名牌 (míng pái) means "famous brand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 名牌 means

1. famous brand
2. nameplate
3. name tag

The characters in 名牌

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 牌páisignboard; plaque; plate; tablet; brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card

Words starting with 名牌

• 名牌儿míng pái rerhua form of 名牌

Sounds the same

Read míng pái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铭牌nameplate; data plate (on a machine)

Where 名牌 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Fame, Honor & Recognition (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read míng pái correctly.
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