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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 名目

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
名目 míng mù - name
- designation
- item
- rubric
- (formal usage) fame

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 61,178 28,155 43,795

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title

Other Words Containing 名目

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
名目 - - 61,178 28,155 43,795
名目繁多 - - 86,196 39,022 70,173