明月

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	moon; month
simp. and trad. (明月)		明	月
anagram		月明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-ngie̍t / mìn-ngia̍t
• Min Dong (BUC): mìng-nguŏk
• Min Nan (POJ): bêng-goa̍t / bêng-goe̍h
• Wu (Wiktionary): min hhyq (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: míngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyueh
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ y̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: mìhng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² ngiad⁶
    • IPA: /min¹¹ ɲi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² ngiad⁶
    • IPA: /min¹¹ ɲi̯at̚⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-nguŏk
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-gua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benggoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² guat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² guat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² guat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ guat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ guat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benggoeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ gueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: min hhyq (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪɲ²² ɦɥ̯ɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

明月

1. bright moon (Classifier: 輪／轮; 彎／弯)

   • 人如天上的明月，是不可擁有。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]

     人如天上的明月，是不可拥有。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, 李克勤 (Hacken Lee), 月半小夜曲

     Jan⁴ jyu⁴ tin¹ soeng⁶ dik¹ ming⁴ jyut⁶, si⁶ bat¹ ho² jung² jau⁵. [Jyutping]

     She, like the bright moon in the sky, is a person whom I cannot own.

   • 朋友罵我太狼狽，綴著妳玲瓏迺，毋知妳是我度過烏暗的明月。 [Taiwanese, trad.]

     朋友骂我太狼狈，缀著你玲珑迺，毋知你是我度过乌暗的明月。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

     From: 2014, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 上水的花 (“The Most Beautiful Flower”)

     Pêng-iú mē góa thài liông-pōe, tòe tio̍h lí lin-long se̍h, m̄ chai lí sī góa tō͘-kòe o͘-àm ê bêng-goe̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My friends bash me for getting too exhausted by following you round and round, not knowing that you are the bright moon when I get through dark times.

2. pearl; jewel

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明月):

• Japanese: 明月 (めいげつ) (meigetsu)
• Korean: 명월 (明月, myeong-wol)
• Vietnamese: minh nguyệt (明月)