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明白

míng bai

Meaning

Built from 2 characters (明 + 白), 明白 reads míng bai and sits in HSK 3.0 Level 1.

  1. clear
  2. obvious
  3. unequivocal
  4. sensible
  5. reasonable
  6. to understand
  7. to realize

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HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 明白 come first.

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4] 1
明天 míng tiān tomorrow 1
明年 míng nián next year 1
旁边 páng biān side; adjacent place 1
干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to? 1
中午 zhōng wǔ noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4] 1
请问 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...? 1
上午 shàng wǔ morning 1

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