How do you write ming in Chinese?

It depends which ming you mean. name, fame, reputation is 名 (míng), bright, clear, tomorrow is 明 (míng), life, fate, command is 命 (mìng). Pick the character by the tone and the meaning you intend.

ming appears in 2 different tones depending on the character, which is why the tone mark matters: míng (名), míng (明), mìng (命).

Pinyin · 拼音 pīnyīn

ming

Q: What Chinese characters are pronounced ming?

3 characters on this site are read ming: 名 (míng, name, fame, reputation); 明 (míng, bright, clear, tomorrow); 命 (mìng, life, fate, command). The tone mark and meaning tell them apart.

Every character on Jiǎoluò Shūwū read as ming in any tone — 3 readings total across the four tones. Pick the tone you mean.

一 mīng 1st · high level no entries yet

二 míng 2nd · rising 2 readings

三 mǐng 3rd · low / dipping no entries yet

四 mìng 4th · falling 1 reading

If you have the sound ming but not the character, here are the 3 characters read this way: 名 (míng, name, fame, reputation), 明 (míng, bright, clear, tomorrow), 命 (mìng, life, fate, command). They split across 2 tones, so the tone is what separates them.

míng tone 2 · rising 2 readings

名 míng HSK 1

name, fame, reputation

明 míng HSK 2

bright, clear, tomorrow

mìng tone 4 · falling 1 reading

命 mìng HSK 4

life, fate, command

复合词 fùhécí Words and phrases containing ming

明白 míngbai to understand; clear 命运 mìngyùn fate, destiny 神明 shénmíng gods, spirits, deities; divine intelligence 天命 tiānmìng the Mandate of Heaven 文明 wénmíng civilization; cultivated and refined