明月

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ jyut⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-ngie̍t / mìn-ngia̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-nguŏk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-goa̍t / bêng-goe̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ ghuêh⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-yuq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngyuè
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: míng-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyueh
    • Palladius: минъюэ (minʺjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ jyut⁶
    • Yale: mìhng yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ ngied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngia̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ ngiad
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² ngiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-nguŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋuoʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-gua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benggoat
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡuat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡuat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡuat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goe̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-gue̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benggoeh
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡueʔ⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁵ ghuêh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng gue̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min-yuq
    • MiniDict: min^去 yuih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-hhyq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjaeng ngjwot

Rime
Character	明	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	魚厥切
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/ŋi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	jyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ  [ŋ]ʷat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ  ŋod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	明	月
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	明	月
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9188	16319
Phonetic component	明	月
Rime group	陽	月
Rime subdivision	0	3
Corresponding MC rime	明	月
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*ŋod/

Noun

明月

1. bright moon (Classifier: 輪／轮; 彎／弯)

   • 舉杯邀明月，對影成三人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     举杯邀明月，对影成三人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, 李白 (Li Bai), 月下獨酌四首·其一 (“Drinking Alone Under the Moon - 1”)

     Jǔbēi yāo míngyuè, duì yǐng chéng sān rén. [Pinyin]

     [I] raise a cup to invite the bright moon [to drink together], along with my shadow we become a party of three.

   • 明月幾時有？把酒問青天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     明月几时有？把酒问青天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1076, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 水調歌頭 (明月幾時有) (“Water Melody (When Will the Bright Moon Appear)”)

     Míngyuè jǐshí yǒu? Bǎjiǔ wèn qīngtiān. [Pinyin]

     When will the bright moon appear? [I] pick an alcohol [vessel] and ask the blue sky.

   • 人如天上的明月，是不可擁有。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     人如天上的明月，是不可拥有。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, 李克勤 (Hacken Lee), 月半小夜曲

     jan⁴ jyu⁴ tin¹ soeng⁶ dik¹ ming⁴ jyut⁶, si⁶ bat¹ ho² jung² jau⁵. [Jyutping]

     She, like the bright moon in the sky, is a person whom I cannot own.

   • 朋友罵我太狼狽，綴著妳玲瓏迺，毋知妳是我度過烏暗的明月。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     朋友骂我太狼狈，缀著你玲珑迺，毋知你是我度过乌暗的明月。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2014, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 上水的花 (“The Most Beautiful Flower”)

     Pêng-iú mē góa thài liông-pōe, tòe tio̍h lí lin-long se̍h, m̄ chai lí sī góa tō͘-kòe o͘-àm ê bêng-goe̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My friends bash me for getting too exhausted by following you round and round, not knowing that you are the bright moon when I get through dark times.

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):

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• 冰輪／冰轮 (bīnglún) (literary)
• 皎月 (jiǎoyuè) (literary)
• 皓月 (hàoyuè)

 

(pearl that shines at night):

• 夜明珠 (yèmíngzhū)

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
明	月

Noun

明月 • (myeong'wol) (hangeul 명월)

1. hanja form^? of 명월 (“bright moon”)