# 点名 (diǎnmíng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 点名 (diǎnmíng) means “to call the roll; to mention by name”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to call the roll; to mention by name
- Pinyin: diǎnmíng (dian3 ming2)
- Traditional: 點名
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 老师每天上课前都点名。
  Lǎoshī měitiān shàngkè qián dōu diǎnmíng.
  The teacher calls the roll before class every day.

## Characters

- [点](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-oclock/) (diǎn): o'clock; a little
- [名](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-people/) (míng): (measure word) for people; name

https://hanziro.com/word/dian-ming-call-roll/

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