令名

Chinese

		make or cause to be; order; command make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (令名)		令	名
simp. #(令名)		令	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìngmíng
    • Wade–Giles: ling⁴-ming²
    • Yale: lìng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linqming
    • Palladius: линмин (linmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljeng|ljengH|lengH mjieng

Rime
Character	令	令	令	名
Reading #	2/5	4/5	5/5	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	清 (121)	青 (125)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV	III
Fanqie	呂貞切	力政切	郎定切	武并切
Baxter	ljeng	ljengH	lengH	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇŋ/	/liᴇŋH/	/leŋH/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛŋ/	/liɛŋH/	/leŋH/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liæŋ/	/liæŋH/	/lɛŋH/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajŋ/	/liajŋH/	/lɛjŋH/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/liɛŋ/	/liɛŋH/	/leŋH/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭɛŋ/	/lĭɛŋH/	/lieŋH/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛŋ/	/li̯ɛŋH/	/lieŋH/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng	lìng	lìng	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4	ling6	ling6	ming4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*riŋ|riŋ-s  C.meŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*reŋ|reŋs|reːŋs  meŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	令	令	名
Reading #	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	líng	lìng	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljeng ›	‹ ljengH ›	‹ mjieng ›
Old Chinese	/*riŋ/	/*riŋ-s/	/*C.meŋ/
English	send (a person)	issue a command	name
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	令	令	令	名
Reading #	2/5	3/5	5/5	1/1
No.	8277	8284	8332	9178
Phonetic component	令	令	令	名
Rime group	耕	耕	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	跉	令	零	名
Old Chinese	/*reŋ/	/*reŋs/	/*reːŋs/	/*meŋ/

Noun

令名

1. (literary) good name; reputation

   • 父母雖沒，將爲善，思貽父母令名，必果；將爲不善，思貽父母羞辱，必不果。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     父母虽没，将为善，思贻父母令名，必果；将为不善，思贻父母羞辱，必不果。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Fùmǔ suī mò, jiāng wéi shàn, sī yí fùmǔ lìngmíng, bì guǒ; jiāng wéi bùshàn, sī yí fùmǔ xiūrǔ, bì bùguǒ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令名):

• → Japanese: 令名(れいめい) (reimei)
• → Korean: 영명(令名) (yeongmyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
令	名
れい Grade: 4	めい Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

令(れい)名(めい) • (reimei) 

1. good name; reputation
   • 1956, 山田孝雄, 君が代の歴史:

     音樂界(おんがくかい)に令名(れいめい)を馳(は)せた人(ひと)だ。

     Ongakukai ni reimei o haseta hito da.

     He is renowned in musical circles.