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Stroke order
明白 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

- 明 — 8 strokes
- 白 — 5 strokes
Senses
- clear; obvious; unequivocal
- sensible; reasonable
- to understand; to realize
Characters in 明白
- 明 míng — bright; (of meaning) clear; to understand
- 白 bái — white; in vain; free of charge
Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Example sentences
- 我明白你的意思。Wǒ míngbai nǐ de yìsi.I understand what you mean.
- 老师讲得很明白。Lǎoshī jiǎng de hěn míngbai.The teacher explains very clearly.
Related words
明白 is pronounced míngbai and means “clear”.