名流

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
trad. (名流)		名	流
simp. #(名流)		名	流

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-liû / miâ-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglióu
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-liu²
    • Yale: míng-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingliou
    • Palladius: минлю (minlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngliúr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglióur
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-liu²-ʼrh
    • Yale: míng-lyóur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglioul
    • Palladius: минлюр (minljur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ li̯ɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ lau⁴
    • Yale: mìhng làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-liû
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-liû
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mialiuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ liu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieng ljuw

Rime
Character	名	流
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武并切	力求切
Baxter	mjieng	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋ/	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋ/	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋ/	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/luw/
Li Rong	/miɛŋ/	/liu/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋ/	/lĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋ/	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	lau4

Noun

名流

1. (formal) distinguished personage; big name; prominent figure

Synonyms

• 公眾人物／公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
• 名人 (míngrén)
• 大牌 (dàpái) (figurative)
• 明星 (míngxīng) (star)
• 知名人士 (zhīmíng rénshì)