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

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/

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/
Bernard 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

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.
a kind of legendary pearl that shines at night
(literary, figurative) pearl; jewel
(literary, figurative) teardrop
(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

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)

hanja form^? of 명월 (“bright moon”)