名存實亡

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	to die; to perish
trad. (名存實亡)		名	存	實	亡
simp. (名存实亡)		名	存	实	亡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngcúnshíwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ cyun⁴ sat⁶ mong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngcúnshíwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngcúnshíhwáng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-tsʻun²-shih²-wang²
    • Yale: míng-tswún-shŕ-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtswenshyrwang
    • Palladius: минцуньшиван (mincunʹšivan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ cyun⁴ sat⁶ mong⁴
    • Yale: mìhng chyùhn saht mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsyn⁴ sat⁹ mong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qun⁴ sed⁶ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɐt̚² mɔːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieng dzwon zyit mjang

Rime
Character	名	存	實	亡
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	從 (15)	船 (27)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	魂 (55)	眞 (48)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III
Fanqie	武并切	徂尊切	神質切	武方切
Baxter	mjieng	dzwon	zyit	mjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/ʑiɪt̚/	/mʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋ/	/d͡zuon/	/ʑit̚/	/mʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/ʑjet̚/	/miuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/d͡zwən/	/ʑit̚/	/muaŋ/
Li Rong	/miɛŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/d͡ʑiĕt̚/	/miuaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/d͡ʑĭĕt̚/	/mĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋ/	/d͡zʱuən/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕt̚/	/miwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	cún	shí	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	cyun4	sat6	mong4

Idiom

名存實亡

1. to remain existing in name but no longer in reality; now nominal

See also

• 有名無實／有名无实 (yǒumíngwúshí)