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李铭

李銘
Lǐ Míng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Li Ming (common Chinese male name); Li Ming, banker and head of the Zhejiang Industrial Bank in Republican-era Shanghai

About Li Ming

1887–1966 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Shanghai banker of the Republican era who chaired the 浙江实业银行 (Zhejiang Industrial Bank) and, from 1928, the Bank of China. The name is common, so most people called Li Ming are someone else.

Examples

HSK 5
Wǒmen bùmén xīn lái de shíxíshēng jiào Lǐ Míng.
The new intern in our department is named Li Ming.
HSK 7-9
Lǐ Míng zài Mínguó shíqī shì Shànghǎi jīnróngjiè de zhòngyào rénwù.
Li Ming was an important figure in Shanghai's financial world during the Republican era.

Tips

culture
铭 ('inscription; to engrave in memory') gives the given name a classical feel: compare the idiom 刻骨铭心 ('engraved on bone, inscribed on the heart'). 李 is the second most common surname in mainland China.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ
铭 míng