花名册 (huāmíngcè): roster

Measure Word

一本花名册 běn

Meanings

1 roster
2 roll call register
3 name list

Characters

花

huā

flower; elaborate; varied

booklet; volume; register

Examples

老师拿着花名册，逐一点名。

Lǎoshī ná zhe huāmíngcè, zhúyī diǎnmíng.

The teacher held the roll and called names one by one.

请把新员工的名字加入花名册。

Qǐng bǎ xīn yuángōng de míngzi jiārù huāmíngcè.

Please add the new employee's name to the roster.

公司的花名册上共有两百名员工。

Gōngsī de huāmíngcè shàng gòngyǒu liǎngbǎi míng yuángōng.

The company roster lists a total of two hundred employees.

Tips

memory

花 here means decorative/elaborate (as in the elaborate listings of names), 名 means name, and 册 means booklet — an elaborately listed book of names.

Stroke Order

花 huā

名 míng

册 cè

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real name / true name

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list of names / roster

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