孔明

Chinese

		hole; surname	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (孔明)		孔	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kǒngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² ming⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): kung³ min⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Khúng-mìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): Kūng-mìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Khóng-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kong² mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kǒngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kǒngmíng
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻung³-ming²
    • Yale: Kǔng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koongming
    • Palladius: Кунмин (Kunmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² ming⁴
    • Yale: húng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kung³ min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³⁻¹³ min³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khúng-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kung` minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kung³ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ³¹ min¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Kūng-mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²¹ miŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: Khóng-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofngbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kong² mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóng mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

孔明

1. courtesy name of Zhuge Liang

Derived terms

• 孔明借箭
• 孔明燈／孔明灯 (kǒngmíngdēng)
• 孔明車／孔明车

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孔明):

• → Japanese: 孔明(こうめい) (Kōmei)
• → Korean: 공명(孔明) (Gongmyeong)
• → Vietnamese: Khổng Minh (孔明)

Others:

• Thai: ขงเบ้ง (kǒng-bêng)

Adjective

孔明

1. clear; bright; clean

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	明
こう Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Proper noun

孔(こう)明(めい) • (Kōmei) 

1. a male given name