Usage note
名用来表示人的名字，比如你的名字叫什么？
míng lái bǎo shì rén de míngzi, rújī guó nǐ de míngzi jiào shénme?
Name is used to refer to a person's name, for example, what is your name?
Context note
名常用于介绍或询问人的名字，比如在学校的自我介绍中。
míng cháng yòng yú jiè shào huò wèn xún rén de míngzi, bǐrú zài xuéxiào lǐ de zuìwǒ jièshào zhōng.
Name is commonly used in introductions or asking for someone's name, such as when introducing yourself at school.
5 examples
我的名字叫小明。
wǒ de míng zì jiào xiǎo míng。
My name is Xiaoming.
你叫什么名字？
nǐ jiào shén me míng zì？
What is your name?
小红的名字是小丽。
xiǎo hóng de míng zì shì xiǎo lì。
Xiaohong's name is Xiaoli.
老师问我们每个人的名字。
lǎo shī wèn wǒ men měi gè rén de míng zì。
The teacher asked us for everyone's names.
我的名字是英文名。
wǒ de míng zì shì yīng wén míng。
My name is an English name.
5 mini stories
小华和小明是好朋友，他们的名字都很好听。
xiǎo huá hé xiǎo míng shì hǎo péng yǒu， tā men de míng zì dōu hěn hǎo tīng。
Xiaohua and Xiaoming are good friends, their names both sound nice.
妈妈给我取了一个好听的名字。
mā ma gěi wǒ qǔ le yí gè hǎo tīng de míng zì。
Mom gave me a nice-sounding name.
在学校里，老师会叫我们的名字来点名。
zài xué xiào lǐ， lǎo shī huì jiào wǒ men de míng zì lái diǎn míng。
At school, the teacher calls our names to take attendance.
我们班里有很多同学的名字都一样。
wǒ men bān lǐ yǒu hěn duō tóng xué de míng zì dōu yí yàng。
In our class, many classmates have the same name.
有时候，人们会用名字来称呼对方。
yǒu shí hòu， rén men huì yòng míng zì lái chēng hu duì fāng。
Sometimes, people use names to address each other.
Mini dialogue
问名字
A
你好，你叫什么名？
Nǐ hǎo, nǐ jiào shénme míng?
Hello, what's your name?
B
我的名是小明。
Wǒ de míng shì Xiǎo Míng.
My name is Xiao Ming.
报名
A
你报名了吗？
Nǐ bào míng le ma?
Did you sign up?
B
报了，我写了我的名。
Bào le, wǒ xiě le wǒ de míng.
Yes, I wrote my name.
Related words and contrasts
similar
名字
míng zi
name (full name or given name)
a more common two-character word for name
related
姓
xìng
surname; family name
the family name part of a full name