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铭

míng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 銘

What 铭 means

1. to engrave
2. inscribed motto

Example sentences

• 这件事他铭记于心。
  Zhè jiàn shì tā míngjì yú xīn.
  The incident was etched in his memory.

Words starting with 铭

• 铭记míng jìto engrave in one's memory
• 铭刻míng kèa carved inscription
• 铭文míng wéninscription
• 铭牌míng páinameplate; data plate (on a machine)
• 铭言míng yánmotto; slogan
• 铭谢míng xièto express gratitude (esp. in public); vote of thanks; also written 鸣谢
• 铭心刻骨míng xīn kè gǔlit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory…
• 铭心镂骨míng xīn lòu gǔengraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom)…
• 铭瑄Míng xuānMaxSun, PRC company specializing in video and computer display

Words containing 铭

• 座右铭zuò yòu míngmotto; maxim
• 刻骨铭心kè gǔ míng xīnlit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory…
• 墓志铭mù zhì míngepitaph
• 罗保铭Luó Bǎo míngLuo Baoming (1952-), sixth governor of Hainan
• 碑铭bēi mínginscription on stone tablet
• 辜鸿铭Gū Hóng míngKu Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857–1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language…
• 郭台铭Guō Tái MíngGuo "Terry" Taiming (1950-), prominent Taiwanese businessman, founder of Foxconn
• 贝聿铭Bèi Yù míngPei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect
• 镌心铭骨juān xīn míng gǔetched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
• 镌骨铭心juān gǔ míng xīnetched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)

Characters built on 名

These share the phonetic component 名 (míng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 酩mǐngused in 酩酊
• 茗míngThea sinensis; young leaves of tea
• 眳míngspace between the eyebrows and the eyelashes

Characters that look like 铭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 犊dúcalf; sacrificial victim
• 颌hé(bound form) jaw
• 铛chēngfrying pan; griddle

Sounds the same

Read míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 明bright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 鸣to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 冥dark; deep; stupid
• 茗Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
• 溟to drizzle; sea
• 暝dark
• 螟boring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 瞑to close (the eyes)
• 眳space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
• 洺name of a river
• 榠used in 榠楂