明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
明白
míngbai
to understand; clear
Characters in this word
白 bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 白 — white
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我明白了。 Wǒ míngbai le. I understand.
- 你明白吗？ Nǐ míngbai ma? Do you understand?
- 我不太明白。 Wǒ bú tài míngbai. I don't quite understand.
- 她明白怎么做。 Tā míngbai zěnme zuò. She understands how to do it.
- 他还是不明白。 Tā háishi bù míngbai. He still doesn't understand.
- 老师不明白你的话。 Lǎoshī bù míngbai nǐ de huà. The teacher doesn't understand what you said.
- 我们都明白。 Wǒmen dōu míngbai. We all understand.
- 你明白老师的话吗？ Nǐ míngbai lǎoshī de huà ma? Do you understand what the teacher said?
- 现在我明白了。 Xiànzài wǒ míngbai le. Now I understand.
- 你明白不明白？ Nǐ míngbai bù míngbai? Do you understand or not?
Related words
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 明天 míngtiān tomorrow
- 明星 míngxīng celebrity; star
- 说明 shuōmíng to explain; to show
- 表明 biǎomíng to show; to make clear
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 光明 guāngmíng bright; hopeful
- 明确 míngquè clear; definite
- 明显 míngxiǎn obvious
- 声明 shēngmíng statement
- 文明 wénmíng civilized
- 证明 zhèngmíng to prove