张明

張明

Zhāngmíng

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Meanings

1 Zhang Ming (very common Chinese name)
2 often used as a placeholder name in textbooks and example dialogues, roughly equivalent to 'John Smith' in English

Duìhuà liànxí: Zhāng Míng, nǐ hǎo!

Dialogue practice: Hello, Zhang Ming!

Zhāng Míng shì wǒ de zhōngxué tóngxué.

Zhang Ming was my middle-school classmate.

culture

Along with 李明 and 王伟, 张明 is a go-to generic name in Mandarin teaching materials — safe, common, and hard to confuse with a specific public figure.

张 zhāng

明 míng