澄明

Chinese

		settle (liquid); clear; limpid settle (liquid); clear; limpid; clarify; purify; surname	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (澄明)		澄	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngmíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-ming²
    • Yale: chéng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngming
    • Palladius: чэнмин (čɛnmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: chìhng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

澄明

1. clear and bright

   • 記得當天空　澄明時　我身邊的他 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     记得当天空　澄明时　我身边的他 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by Oscar, 夏之風物詩

     gei³ dak¹ dong¹ tin¹ hung¹, cing⁴ ming⁴ si⁴, ngo⁵ san¹ bin¹ dik¹ taa¹ [Jyutping]

     I remember that person beside me when the sky was clear and bright