名媛

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	a beauty
simp. and trad. (名媛)		名	媛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngyuàn, míngyuán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, literary variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: míngyuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyuann
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common variant in Mainland)
  - Pinyin: míngyuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁶
  - Yale: mìhng wùhn, mìhng yùhn, mìhng yuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ jyn⁴, ming⁴ jyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ yun⁴, ming⁴ yun⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ wuːn²¹/, /mɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/, /mɪŋ²¹ jyːn²²/

Noun

名媛

(formal) famous woman

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	媛
めい Grade: 1	えん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) めーえん [mèééń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [me̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

名媛 (hiragana めいえん, rōmaji meien, historical hiragana めいゑん)

famous woman

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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