照明

Chinese

		according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (照明)		照	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàomíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu³ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cheu-mìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiò-bêng / chiàu-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zio³ mêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsau-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàomíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàomíng
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-ming²
    • Yale: jàu-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawming
    • Palladius: чжаомин (čžaomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu³ ming⁴
    • Yale: jiu mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu³ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯³³ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cheu-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zeu min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zeu⁴ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯⁵⁵ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiò-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiò-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioirbeeng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàu-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàu-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciao'beeng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siau²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siau¹¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siau²¹⁻⁴¹ biɪŋ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siau²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zio³ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiò mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sio²¹³⁻⁵⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsau-min
    • MiniDict: tsau^去 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsau-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ³³ min⁴⁴/

Noun

照明

1. illumination; lighting

Verb

照明

1. to illuminate; to light up

Derived terms

• 照明器具
• 照明射擊 / 照明射击
• 照明彈 / 照明弹 (zhàomíngdàn)
• 間接照明 / 间接照明

Japanese

Kanji in this term
照	明
しょう Grade: 4	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːme̞ː]
• (Tokyo) しょーめー [shòóméé] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

照(しょう)明(めい) • (shōmei) 

1. lighting

Verb

照(しょう)明(めい)する • (shōmei suru) transitive suru (stem 照(しょう)明(めい)し (shōmei shi), past 照(しょう)明(めい)した (shōmei shita))

1. illuminate
   • 1992, 海野十三, “ふしぎな場所”, in 海底都市‎^[1]:

     上には、放電灯が明るく輝いていて、僕を照明している。寒くはないが、はずかしかった。

     Ue ni wa, hōdentō ga akaruku kagayaite ite, boku o shōmei shite iru. Samuku wa nai ga, hazukashikatta.

     Above me, a bright discharge lamp shone, illuminating me. It wasn't cold, but I felt embarrassed.

Proper noun

照(しょう)明(めい) • (Shōmei) 

1. a male given name

References

• “照明”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
照	明

Noun

照明 • (jomyeong) (hangeul 조명)

1. hanja form^? of 조명 (“lighting, illumination”)