# 名副其实 (míngfùqíshí)

In Mandarin Chinese, 名副其实 (míngfùqíshí) means “living up to its name”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: living up to its name
- Pinyin: míngfùqíshí (ming2 fu4 qi2 shi2)
- Traditional: 名副其實
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他是一位名副其实的专家。
  Tā shì yī wèi míngfùqíshí de zhuānjiā.
  He is a true expert worthy of the name.

## Characters

- [名](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-people/) (míng): (measure word) for people; name
- [副](https://hanziro.com/word/fu-deputy/) (fù): deputy; vice-
- [其](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-its-his-her/) (qí): (pronoun) its, his, her, their; that
- 实 (shí): real; true

https://hanziro.com/word/ming-fu-qi-shi-living-up-its/

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