报名 meaning in English

bàomíng

to sign up; to enter one's name

HSK 2Traditional 報名13 strokes

Meaning of 报名

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

bàomíng

to sign up
to enter one's name
to apply
to register
to enroll
to enlist

How to use 报名

报名 is used for signing up for classes, exams, competitions, clubs and activities. The thing you sign up for usually comes after 报名参加 or uses 报名 with 了 to show it is done. Example: 我报名参加了比赛。(Wǒ bàomíng cānjiā le bǐsài.) I signed up for the competition.

报 (bào) means to report or announce, and 名 (míng) means name. When you sign up, you report your name to the organizer.

Common mistake: 报名 is a verb plus object, so learners wrongly say 报名比赛 in formal writing or 报名了我 when they mean someone signed them up. Say 报名参加比赛 or 给我报了名, and note that 了 can go between the two parts: 报了名.

报名 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

报bào名míng时shí间jiān已yǐ经jīng过guò了le。

The registration period is already over.

您nín需xū要yào带dài两liǎng张zhāng本běn人rén的de白bái底dǐ报bào名míng照zhào。

You will need to bring two passport-sized photos of yourself taken with a white background.

我wǒ怎zěn样yàng报bào名míng参cān加jiā呢ne？

How do I sign up?

比bǐ尔ěr报bào名míng考kǎo试shì了le。

Bill signed up for the exam.

哦ó，想xiǎng起qǐ来lái了le，忘wàng记jì在zài填tián报bào名míng单dān的de桌zhuō子zi上shàng。

Ah, now I remember – I left it on the table where I filled in the application form.

Stroke order for each character

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报 bào · to report · 7 strokes

名 míng · name · 6 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 报名.

名字	míngzi	name (of a person or thing)
有名	yǒumíng	famous; well-known
报纸	bàozhǐ	newspaper; newsprint
名单	míngdān	list of names
姓名	xìngmíng	surname and given name; full name
名称	míngchēng	name (of a thing); name (of an organization)
日报	rìbào	daily newspaper
晚报	wǎnbào	evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News
报告	bàogào	to inform; to report
报道	bàodào	to report (news); report
排名	páimíng	to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
报到	bàodào	to report for duty; to check in

Questions about 报名

What does 报名 mean?

报名 (bàomíng) means "to sign up; to enter one's name".

How do you write 报名?

报名 is made of 2 characters: 报 (7 strokes), 名 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 报名 an HSK word?

Yes. 报名 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 报名 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 报名 is written 報名.

What is the difference between 报名 and 注册 (zhùcè)?

报名 is signing up to take part in an event, class or exam. 注册 is registering an account or officially enrolling in a system, like 注册账号 (register an account).

How do I say "sign up for a class" with 报名?

You can say 报名上课 or 报一个班 (bào yí gè bān). In daily speech people often just use 报 alone, for example 我报了英语班 (I signed up for an English class).