名 míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
名牌儿
míngpáir
famous brand
Characters in this word
牌 pái
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- Made of
- 片 slice, splinter 卑 humble, low, inferior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这是名牌儿。 Zhè shì míngpáir. This is a famous brand.
- 我不买名牌儿。 Wǒ bù mǎi míngpáir. I do not buy famous brands.
- 她喜欢名牌儿。 Tā xǐhuan míngpáir. She likes famous brands.