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clear

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

ming2bai2 • míngbái

Alternative Pinyin

ming2bai5 • míngbai

Meaning


Primary

clear

Hint

This has both the figurative and literal meaning of clear. In Taiwan it is less commonly pronounced ming2bai5.

Mnemonic


Something that is 明 bright 白 white is 明白 clear.

Usage


她 的 意思 很 明白。

Her meaning is very clear.

請 把 原因 說 明白。

Please make the reason clear.

這 不是 很 明白 嗎?

Isn’t this perfectly clear?

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