名单 (míng dān) — list of names; roster | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

list of namesroster

Measure word · 份

Examples

名单。
Cān jiā huì yì de míng dān yǐ jīng zhǔn bèi hǎo le.
The list of attendees for the meeting is ready.
名单。
Qǐng bǎ nǐ de míng zì xiě zài míng dān shàng.
Please write your name on the list.
名单。
Zhè shì jīn tiān cān jiā huó dòng de míng dān.
This is the list of people participating in today's event.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

名 (names) tells what kind of 单 (list) it is: a roster of names.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

夕口名

夕夕xīcrescent moon
口口kǒumouth

名 puts 夕 (crescent moon) above 口 (mouth), showing a name spoken in the dark.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 單; 单 is its simplified writing.

The form 單 originally pictured a Y-shaped wooden stick with two stones on top.

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