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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大名

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大名 dà míng - Daming county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei
大名 dà míng - famous name
- your distinguished name
- one's formal personal name
- (Japanese history) daimyo

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
- - 9,183 15,896 14,041

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people

Other Words Containing 大名

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
大名 - - 9,183 15,896 14,041
大名鼎鼎 - 9 18,516 25,962 27,289
久闻大名 - - 36,415 - 75,166