Ideographic: A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕Radical:

meaning for míng:

  • - name
  • - noun (part of speech)
  • - place (e.g. among winners)
  • - famous
  • - classifier for peoplefamous
  • - noted
  • - well-known
  • - celebratedname (of a thing)
  • - name (of an organization)name
  • - titular
  • - nominal
  • - in name
  • - ostensible purposelist of nameswell-known
  • - famous

zhège这个
dàxué大学
yǒu
jǐqiān几千
míng
xuésheng学生

This university has several thousand students.


hòulái后来
cái
zhīdào知道
shì
míng
gēshǒu歌手

I later found out that she was a famous singer.


dàyuē大约
yǒu
1000
míng
guānzhòng观众
zài
qiúchǎng球场
shàng
kàn
bǐsài比赛

About a thousand spectators are watching the game in the stadium.


zhè
míng
shāngyuán伤员
xūyào需要
jiēshòu接受
shǒushù手术
zhìliáo治疗

This wounded soldier needs to undergo surgical treatment.


jǐngfāng警方
chūdòng出动
le
duō
míng
jǐngchá警察
lái
wéichí维持
zhìxù秩序

The police dispatched several officers to maintain order.