name in Chinese

How to write 名字

Animated stroke order. Tap a character to replay its stroke order.

名字 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

名字 in a sentence

• 你nǐ叫jiào什shén么me名míng字zì？

  What is your name?

• 我wǒ的de名míng字zì是shì李lǐ明míng。

  My name is Li Ming.

• 请qǐng写xiě下xià你nǐ的de名míng字zì。

  Please write down your name.

• 这zhè个gè名míng字zì很hěn好hǎo听tīng。

  This name sounds nice.

名字 vs 姓 vs 姓名

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 姓 xìng surname

  姓 = family name only — 我姓李 'my surname is Li'; 名字 = given or full name. Different questions: 你姓什么 vs 你叫什么名字.

• 姓名 xìng míng full name (formal)

  Formal 'full name' for forms and documents — 姓名栏 'the name field'.