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排名

pái míng · pai ming

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HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. ranking
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School ranking

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，我们(wǒmen)学校(xuéxiào)的(de)排名(páimíng)出来(chūlái)了(le)。

    Look, our school's ranking is out.

  2. Dengdeng

    排(pái)第几(dìjǐ)？

    What place are we?

  3. Liangliang

    排名(páimíng)第三(dìsān)！

    Third in the ranking!

  4. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我们(wǒmen)班(bān)呢(ne)？

    Great! What about our class?

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)班(bān)排名(páimíng)第一(dìyī)……从(cóng)后面(hòumian)数(shǔ)。

    Our class is first in the ranking... counting from the back.

  6. Dengdeng

    哈哈(hāhā)，那(nà)我们(wǒmen)要(yào)努力(nǔlì)了(le)。

    Ha, then we need to work harder.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)所(suǒ)大(dà)学(xué)在(zài)全(quán)国(guó)排(pái)名(míng)前(qián)十(shí)。

This university ranks in the top ten nationwide.

02

他(tā)在(zài)这(zhè)次(cì)比(bǐ)赛(sài)中(zhōng)的(de)排(pái)名(míng)比(bǐ)去(qù)年(nián)高(gāo)。

His ranking in this competition is higher than last year's.

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排
pái

a row; a line

名
míng

name; noun (part of speech)

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