李明

Lǐ Míng

proper noun #39,546

Meanings

1 Li Ming, retired Chinese footballer who captained the national team and played in the 2002 World Cup
2 also an extremely common generic Chinese name used like 'John Smith' in textbook examples

About Li Ming

born 1971 · 运动员 athlete

Midfielder who won several Chinese league titles with Dalian Wanda in the 1990s and played for China at the 2002 World Cup. The same name is the stock example name of Chinese textbooks, like John Smith.

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

李明是2002年中国国家队的主力球员。

Lǐ Míng shì èr líng líng èr nián Zhōngguó guójiāduì de zhǔlì qiúyuán.

Li Ming was a key player on China's 2002 national team.

HSK 7-9

课本里的主人公总是叫李明和王芳。

Kèběn lǐ de zhǔréngōng zǒngshì jiào Lǐ Míng hé Wáng Fāng.

The protagonists in textbooks are always called Li Ming and Wang Fang.

Tips

usage

Chinese football had two players named 李明 at once, so this Dalian midfielder was 大李明, 'Big Li Ming', and a Qingdao-born defender four years younger was 小李明, the usual way to tell apart two people with one name.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ

明 míng

李明