晨明

Chinese

		morning; dawn; daybreak	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (晨明)		晨	明
simp. #(晨明)		晨	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-ming²
    • Yale: chén-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernming
    • Palladius: чэньмин (čɛnʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: sàhn mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

晨明

1. (literary) dawn; daybreak

Synonyms

• 一黑早 (i⁶ he⁶ zau³) (Xiang)
• 凌晨 (língchén)
• 大清早 (dàqīngzǎo)
• 大清老早 (⁶du-chin-lau-tsau) (Shanghainese)
• 天光 (tiānguāng)
• 天拉朗 (Teochew)
• 天欲光 (Hokkien)
• 平明 (píngmíng) (literary)
• 拂曉／拂晓 (fúxiǎo)
• 拍殕仔光 (phah-phú-á-kng) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拍殕光 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 拍殕光仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 早晨
• 早清 (zau² qing¹) (Jin)
• 清早 (qīngzǎo)
• 清早晨 (¹chin-tsau-zen) (Shanghainese)
• 清晨 (qīngchén)
• 老清老早 (⁶lau-chin-lau-tsau) (Shanghainese)
• 透早 (thàu-chá) (Hokkien)
• 麻亮兒／麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
• 麻麻亮兒／麻麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
• 黎明 (límíng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (晨明):

• → Japanese: 晨明(しんめい) (shinmei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
晨	明
しん Jinmeiyō	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんめー [shìńméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩmːe̞ː]

Noun

晨(しん)明(めい) • (shinmei) 

1. dawn