不明

Chinese

not; no
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad.
(不明)

Pronunciation


Verb

不明

  1. (literary) to not understand
  2. (literary) to not be clear; to not be known; to be unknown
    來路不明来路不明   láilù bùmíng   to be of unknown origin
    去向不明   qùxiàng bùmíng   of unclear whereabouts
    不明真相吃瓜群眾 [MSC, trad.]
    不明真相吃瓜群众 [MSC, simp.]
    bùmíng zhēnxiàng de chīguā qúnzhòng [Pinyin]
    the innocent bystanders
    作者不明故事   zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì   a story of unknown authorship
    血樣來源不明 [MSC, trad.]
    血样来源不明 [MSC, simp.]
    Gāi xuèyàng láiyuán bùmíng. [Pinyin]
    The source of the blood sample is unknown.
    失事原因不明   Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng.   The cause of the crash is not known.
  3. (literary) to not shine
  4. (literary) to be unenlightened; to lack wisdom

Synonyms

  • (to not understand):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to not understand):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
めい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めー [fùméé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Adjective

()(めい) • (fumei) -na (adnominal ()(めい) (fumei na), adverbial ()(めい) (fumei ni))

  1. unknown
    Synonym: 不詳 (fushō)
    • 1916, 穂積陳重, 法窓夜話:
      (だい)(いち)に、()(せい)()(ねん)(がつ)()(めい)である。
      Daīchi ni, shi no seishi no nengatsu ga fumei de aru.
      To start with, the dates of his birth and death are unknown.
  2. unclear
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 硝子戸の中:
      ()(ぶん)この(へん)だろうと(すい)(そく)した(わたし)(けん)(とう)は、(あた)っているのか、(はず)れているのか、それさえ()(めい)であった。
      Tabun kono hen darō to suisoku shita watashi no kentō wa, atatteiru no ka, hazureteiru no ka, sore sae fumei de atta.
      I thought it would be around there, but it was unclear if I was even right about that.
  3. indistinct

Inflection

Noun

()(めい) • (fumei) 

  1. uncertainty
  2. ignorance

References

  1. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

不明

  1. chữ Hán form of bất minh.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.