混名

hùnmíng

noun

Meanings

1 nickname
2 informal byname

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他在班里有个混名叫"大力"。

Tā zài bānlǐ yǒu gè hùnmíng jiào " Dàlì ".

He has a nickname in class called 'Strongman'.

HSK 7-9

这位武将的混名是"小李广"。

Zhèwèi wǔjiàng de hùnmíng shì " Xiǎo Lǐ Guǎng ".

This warrior's nickname is 'Little Li Guang'.

Tips

usage

Slightly old-fashioned and especially common in classical novels (e.g. each of the 108 heroes in 《水浒传》 has a 混名). In everyday modern Chinese, 外号 and 绰号 are the more frequent words for 'nickname'.

Stroke Order

混 hùn

名 míng