名利

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (名利)		名	利
simp. #(名利)		名	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ lei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-li
• Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-lé
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-lī / miâ-lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mian⁵ li⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínglì
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-li⁴
    • Yale: míng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minglih
    • Palladius: минли (minli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ lei⁶
    • Yale: mìhng leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ lei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-li
    • Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ li⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-lé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-lī
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengli
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² li²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ li³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² li²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-lī
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miali
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ li³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mian⁵ li⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miâⁿ lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ li³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieng lijH

Rime
Character	名	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武并切	力至切
Baxter	mjieng	lijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋ/	/liɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋ/	/liH/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋ/	/ljɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/liH/
Li Rong	/miɛŋ/	/liH/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋ/	/liH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋ/	/liH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	lei6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.meŋ  C.ri[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*meŋ  rids/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	名	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjieng ›	‹ lijH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.meŋ/	/*C.ri[t]-s/
English	name	sharp; profit
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	名	利
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9178	7898
Phonetic component	名	利
Rime group	耕	至
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	名	利
Old Chinese	/*meŋ/	/*rids/

Noun

名利

1. fame and fortune

Derived terms

• 名利兼收
• 名利場／名利场
• 名利奴
• 名利客
• 名利雙收／名利双收 (mínglìshuāngshōu)
• 淡於名利／淡于名利
• 淡泊名利 (dànbómínglì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名利):

• → Japanese: 名(めい)利(り) (meiri); 名(みょう)利(り) (myōri)
• → Korean: 명리(名利) (myeongni)