明月

Chinese

 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
moon; month
simp. and trad.
(明月)
anagram 月明

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (31)
Final () (111) (68)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjaeng ngjwot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiæŋ/ /ŋʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiaŋ/ /ŋʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/miaŋ/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miajŋ/ /ŋuat̚/
Li
Rong
/miɐŋ/ /ŋiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭɐŋ/ /ŋĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ɐŋ/ /ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
míng yuè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ming4 jyut6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
míng yuè
Middle
Chinese
‹ mjæng › ‹ ngjwot ›
Old
Chinese
/*mraŋ/ /*[ŋ]ʷat/
English bright moon, month

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9188 16319
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mraŋ/ /*ŋod/

Noun

明月

  1. bright moon (Classifier: ; )
  2. a kind of legendary pearl that shines at night
  3. (literary, figurative) pearl; jewel
  4. (literary, figurative) teardrop
  5. (literary) next month

Synonyms

(bright moon):

(pearl that shines at night):

Derived terms

  • 二分明月
  • 明月不常圓明月不常圆
  • 明月之珠
  • 明月之詩明月之诗
  • 明月光
  • 明月入懷明月入怀
  • 明月入抱
  • 明月峽明月峡
  • 明月清風明月清风
  • 明月珠
  • 明月璫明月珰
  • 明月與礫同囊明月与砾同囊
  • 明月蘆花明月芦花
  • 水底撈明月水底捞明月
  • 清風明月清风明月
  • 隋侯明月

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明月):
  • Japanese: 明月(めいげつ) (meigetsu)
  • Korean: 명월(明月) (myeong'wol)
  • Vietnamese: minh nguyệt (明月)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

明月 • (myeong'wol) (hangeul 명월)

  1. Hanja form? of 명월 (bright moon).
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