Chinese mnemonics and annotator
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Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 明 |
Ming is an ideogram formed by juxtaposition of 日 jih the sun, its modern radical, and 月 yüeh the moon (line 52), and means bright. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
明
míng
bright/opposite: dark 暗[an4]/(of meaning) clear/to understand/next/public or open/wise/generic term for a sacrifice to the gods/Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
Phrases ending with the given character
不bù
透tòu
明míng
opaque
半bàn
透tòu
明míng
translucent/semitransparent
古gǔ
文wén
明míng
ancient civilization
史shǐ
思sī
明míng
Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] against the Tang dynasty
吴吳wú
天天tiān
明明míng
Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director
小小xiǎo
聪聰cōng
明明ming
clever-clever/clever in trivial matters/sharp but petty-minded
左zuǒ
丘qiū
明míng
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed
怀懷huái
俄俄é
明明míng
Wyoming, US state
文文wén
征徵zhēng
明明míng
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
本本běn
杰傑jié
明明míng
Benjamin (person name)
班bān
雅yǎ
明míng
Benjamin (name)
祝zhù
允yǔn
明míng
Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher
胡hú
志zhì
明míng
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader/see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4]
郭guō
敬jìng
明míng
Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol
陈陳chén
炯炯jiǒng
明明míng
Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
陶陶táo
渊淵yuān
明明míng
Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
电電diàn
照照zhào
明明míng
electric lighting
黑黑hēi
泽澤zé
明明míng
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director