明珠

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zyu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-chû
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhu
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chu¹
    • Yale: míng-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingju
    • Palladius: минчжу (minčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zyu¹
    • Yale: mìhng jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chu
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengzw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 明珠

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