名正言順

See also: 名正言顺

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable
trad. (名正言順)		名	正	言	順
simp. (名正言顺)		名	正	言	顺
Literally: “legitimate name, smooth wording”.

Etymology

Appeared in the Analects in the negative as 名不正，則言不順／名不正，则言不顺 (míng bù zhèng, zé yán bù shùn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngzhèngyánshùn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zing³ jin⁴ seon⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chèng-giân-sūn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhèngyánshùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhèngyánshùn
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-chêng⁴-yen²-shun⁴
  - Yale: míng-jèng-yán-shwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjenqyanshuenn
  - Palladius: минчжэнъяньшунь (minčžɛnʺjanʹšunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ zing³ jin⁴ seon⁶
  - Yale: mìhng jing yìhn seuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzing³ jin⁴ soen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ jing³ yin⁴ sên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ jiːn²¹ sɵn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chèng-giân-sūn
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tsìng-giân-sūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengzeanggiensun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² sun²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² sun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn¹³⁻²² sun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sun³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ sun³³/

Idiom

名正言順

to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名正言順):

→ Vietnamese: danh chính ngôn thuận (名正言順)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
名	正	言	順

Idiom

名正言順

chữ Hán form of danh chính ngôn thuận (“to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved”).

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