张一鸣

張一鳴

Zhāng Yīmíng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhang Yiming (founder of ByteDance/TikTok)

About Zhang Yiming

born 1983 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Internet entrepreneur who founded 字节跳动 (ByteDance) in 2012, the company behind the news app 今日头条 and the short-video app 抖音, known abroad as TikTok.

Characters

stretch; open; spread

cry; sound; express

Literally 'stretch one's sound/expression' - suggests making a name for oneself or expressing oneself uniquely.

Examples

HSK 5

很多人每天都用张一鸣公司的产品。

Hěnduō rén měitiān dōu yòng Zhāng Yīmíng gōngsī de chǎnpǐn.

Many people use Zhang Yiming's company's products every day.

HSK 7-9

张一鸣创立了字节跳动。

Zhāng Yīmíng chuànglì le Zìjié Tiàodòng.

Zhang Yiming founded ByteDance.

Tips

memory

His given name means 'one cry' and opens the idiom 一鸣惊人: in the old story a bird silent for three years astonishes everyone the first time it calls, so it praises someone unnoticed who suddenly achieves something remarkable.

Stroke Order

张 zhāng

一 yī

鸣 míng