明文

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (明文)		明	文
anagram		文明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngwén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ man⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngwén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngwún
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-wên²
    • Yale: míng-wén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingwen
    • Palladius: минвэнь (minvɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ man⁴
    • Yale: mìhng màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-bûn
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-bûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengbuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/

Verb

明文

1. to proclaim in writing; to put in explicit terms (of laws, regulations, etc.)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 明文

1. laws, rules or regulations which are written down; official proclamations
2. (cryptography) plaintext