明河

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	river
simp. and trad. (明河)		明	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ho⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínghé
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-ho²
    • Yale: míng-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingher
    • Palladius: минхэ (minxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ho⁴
    • Yale: mìhng hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ hɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaeng ha

Rime
Character	明	河
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武兵切	胡歌切
Baxter	mjaeng	ha
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/ɦɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/ɦɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/ɦa/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/ɣɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	ho4

Noun

明河

1. (literary) the Milky Way