名誉 míngyù▶ reputation

HSK 6HSK 3.0 · Level 6

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名譽

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 名誉 is in band 6. HSK 6 explained

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中名誉。

It means reputation, what people think of you. You'd say it when a shop owner worries that one bad review will hurt the shop's good name. They want customers to trust them again. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

名誉 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 名 — 6 strokes
• 誉 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. fame
2. reputation
3. honor
4. honorary
5. emeritus (of retired professor)

Characters in 名誉

• 名 míng — name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 誉 yù — to praise; to acclaim; reputation

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

• 信誉reputation
• 名次ranking, place
• 名额quota, places
• 命名call; nominate
• 声誉reputation
• 荣誉honor, glory

名誉 is pronounced míngyù and means “reputation”.