思明

Chinese

		to think; to consider	Ming (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (思明)		思	明

Etymology

Originally named by Koxinga during the Southern Ming resistance to the Qing Empire.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Sīmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ ming⁴
Min Dong (BUC): Sṳ̆-mìng
Min Nan (POJ): Su-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Sīmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syming
  - IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: sī mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Sṳ̆-mìng
  - IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Su-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: Su-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su'beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

思明

(～州) (historical) Siming (a former name of Xiamen, Fujian, China, during its occupation by Southern Ming forces in the 1650s)
(～州) (historical) Siming Prefecture (the hinterland controled from Southern Ming Xiamen)
(～縣) (historical) Siming County (the county of Fujian around Xiamen under Republican rule)
(～區) Siming District (urban district of Xiamen, Fujian, China)
(～街道) (historical) Siming Subdistrict (a former subdistrict of Siming District)

Synonyms

(district of Xiamen): 中心區／中心区 (zhōngxīnqū) (late 1940s); 向陽／向阳 (Xiàngyáng) (Cultural Revolution)

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