明珠

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Chinese[edit]

 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
pearl; bead
simp. and trad.
(明珠)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (23)
Final () (111) (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjaeng tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiæŋ/ /t͡ɕɨo/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiaŋ/ /t͡ɕio/
Shao
Rongfen
/miaŋ/ /t͡ɕio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miajŋ/ /cuə̆/
Li
Rong
/miɐŋ/ /t͡ɕio/
Wang
Li
/mĭɐŋ/ /t͡ɕĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ɐŋ/ /t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
míng zhū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ming4 zyu1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
míng
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*mraŋ/
English bright

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9188 17568
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mraŋ/ /*tjo/

Noun[edit]

明珠

  1. (literally) shiny pearl
  2. (figurative) treasured person or thing; jewel; pearl
  3. (archaic, Taoism) eye; eyes

Synonyms[edit]

  • (pearl):

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (明珠):