名气 (名氣)
míng qì
Pinyin

Definition

名气 (名氣)
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míng qì
  1. reputation
  2. fame

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名
míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
成名
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
排名
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
出名
chū míng
  1. 1 well-known for sth
  2. 2 to become well known
  3. 3 to make one's mark

Idioms (20)

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久慕盛名
jiǔ mù shèng míng
  1. 1 I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you.
  2. 2 It's an honor to meet you at last.
冒名顶替
mào míng dǐng tì
  1. 1 to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate
  2. 2 to pose under a false name
功名利禄
gōng míng lì lù
  1. 1 position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
功成名就
gōng chéng míng jiù
  1. 1 to win success and recognition (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有点难。知名的广告公司门槛儿高，没什么名气的广告公司则提供不了你想要的待遇。
yǒudiǎnr nán 。zhīmíng de guǎnggào gōngsī ménkǎn ér gāo ，méi shénme míngqì de guǎnggào gōngsī zé tígōng bùliǎo nǐ xiǎng yào de dàiyù 。
It's a bit hard. The requirements of well-known advertising companies are high. No reputable advertising company would not be able to provide the compensation that you want.
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王经理，幸会。你们公司在行业里名气非常响啊。
wáng jīnglǐ ，xìnghuì 。nǐmen gōngsī zài hángyè lǐ míngqì fēicháng xiǎng a 。
Manager Wang, I am very pleased to meet you. Your company's fame is renowned in the industry.
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好像清朝出过秀才。不过，没什么名气。我们这代也不太在乎了，我爷爷是很重视的。
hǎoxiàng Qīngcháo chū guo xiùcai 。bùguò ，méi shénme míngqì 。wǒmen zhè dài yě bù tài zàihu le ，wǒ yéye shì hěn zhòngshì de 。
I think in the Qing Dynasty there was someone who passed the imperial examination. However, he wasn't really famous. The present generation of our family doesn't really care about it so much. My grandfather really pays attention to it.
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我们老板名气的确挺大的，但就知道压榨我们。整天跟着他做项目，给他当廉价劳动力。我们的工作啊，论文啊都不管的。对了，我还得搞论文！
wǒmen lǎobǎn míngqì díquè tǐng dà de ，dàn jiù zhīdào yāzhà wǒmen 。zhěngtiān gēn zhe tā zuò xiàngmù ，gěi tā dāng liánjià láodònglì 。wǒmen de gōngzuò a ，lùnwén a dōu bùguǎn de 。duìle ，wǒ hái děi gǎo lùnwén ！
Our advisor is really well known, but you should know that puts a lot of pressure on us. Following him around to events all day long, giving him cheap labor, it's work! We don't have time to pay attention to our theses. Yeah, I still have to do my thesis.
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演的多有什么用？李小龙的名气也比他大多了。
yǎn de duō yǒu shénme yòng ？Lǐ Xiǎolóng de míngqì yě bǐ tā dà duō le 。
What good is acting in a lot of movies? Bruce Lee's reputation is way bigger than his.
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没名气
méi míngqì
not famous, unknown
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名气还是北大响一些。不是说北大是中国的哈佛，复旦是中国的耶鲁吗？
míngqì hái shì Běidà xiǎng yīxiē 。bùshì shuō Běidà shì Zhōngguó de Hāfó ，Fùdàn shì Zhōngguó de Yēlǔ ma ？
Beijing University has a better reputation. Don't they say that Beijing University is the Harvard of China, while Fudan is the Yale?
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