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The Chinese word youming - 有名 - yǒumíng
(famous in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

yǒumíng

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English translations

famous,
well-known, noted, renowned, celebrated

Chinese characters:


Chinese characters  ( youming / yǒumíng ) with pronunciation (English translation: famous )

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有名 ( youming / yǒumíng ) is composed of these characters: 有 (you) , 名 (ming)
The traditional Chinese characters of yǒumíng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 有名 ( youming / yǒumíng ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).

Zhe jia fanguan hen youming.
Zhè jiā fànguǎn hěn yǒumíng.
 – English translation: This restaurant is very famous.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

celebrated  |  to have
 
More words that mean famous in Chinese
míng ( 名 ), zhùmíng ( 著名 )

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