黎明

Chinese

		almost	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (黎明)		黎	明
simp. #(黎明)		黎	明
alternative forms		犁明 犂明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): límíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ ming⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì-mìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lê-bêng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶li-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: límíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: límíng
    • Wade–Giles: li²-ming²
    • Yale: lí-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liming
    • Palladius: лимин (limin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: làih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: liˇ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li² min²
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: lê-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le'beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li-min
    • MiniDict: li^去 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²² min⁴⁴/

Noun

黎明

1. 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)
• 晨明 (chénmíng) (literary)
• 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)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黎	明
れい Jinmeiyō	めい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーめー [rèéméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

黎(れい)明(めい) • (reimei) 

1. dawn; daybreak

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:明け方