明明

míng míng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Adverb

明明 (míng míng) is a Chinese word meaning “obviously”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. obviously
  2. plainly
  3. undoubtedly
  4. definitely

Stroke order

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Example

我明明把鑰匙放在這裡,怎麼不見了?

I clearly put the keys here; how come they're gone?

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).