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title: "Mingren Meaning: 名人 (míngrén) Means “celebrity”"
description: "名人 (míngrén) means “celebrity; famous person”. Hear its tones, see what 名 and 人 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/mingren"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 名人 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

名人 míngrén

## celebrity; famous person

## Its characters

1. 名 míng famous (as in 名人)
2. 人 rén person

## In a sentence

他现在是网上的名人了。 He's now a celebrity online.

兄弟俩年纪轻轻就同时考上了进士，一下子成了京城里的**名人**。

From [苏东坡：诗人和吃货 · Su Dongpo, poet and cook: the story behind Dongpo pork](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/su-dongpo-dongpo-pork-story#library-word-182-184)

[More about 名人](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%90%8D%E4%BA%BA)

## More words with 名 or 人

- [爱人 àiren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/airen)
- [报名 bàomíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baoming)
- [本人 běnrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/benren)
- [别人 biéren](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bieren)
- [病人 bìngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/bingren)
- [成人 chéngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chengren)
- [创始人 chuàngshǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuangshiren)
- [出名 chūmíng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chuming)
- [打工人 dǎgōngrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dagongren)
- [代理人 dàilǐrén](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dailiren)

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