明蟾

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	toad; moon
trad. (明蟾)		明	蟾
simp. #(明蟾)		明	蟾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngchán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngchán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngchán
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chʻan²
    • Yale: míng-chán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingcharn
    • Palladius: минчань (minčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaeng tsyem|dzyem

Rime
Character	明	蟾	蟾
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	章 (23)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	鹽 (153)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	職廉切	視占切
Baxter	mjaeng	tsyem	dzyem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/t͡ɕiᴇm/	/d͡ʑiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/d͡ʑiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/t͡ɕjæm/	/d͡ʑjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/ciam/	/d͡ʑiam/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/t͡ɕiɛm/	/ʑiɛm/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/t͡ɕĭɛm/	/ʑĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/	/ʑi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	zhān	chán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	zim1	sim4

Noun

明蟾

1. (literary) moon