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
Min Dong (BUC): mìng-nguŏk
Min Nan (POJ): bêng-goa̍t / bêng-goe̍h
Wu (Wiktionary): min hhyq (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: míngyuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyueh
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ y̯œ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ jyut⁶
  - Yale: mìhng yuht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jyt⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yud⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jyːt̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngie̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ ngied
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² ngiad⁶
  - IPA: /min¹¹ ɲi̯et̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngia̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ ngiad
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² ngiad⁶
  - IPA: /min¹¹ ɲi̯at̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-nguŏk
  - IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋuoʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-gua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: benggoat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² guat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² guat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² guat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ guat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ guat̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goe̍h
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-gue̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: benggoeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ gueʔ⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: min hhyq (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /mɪɲ²² ɦɥ̯ɪʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

明月

bright moon (Classifier: 輪／轮; 彎／弯)
- 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, 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, 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.
(literary, figuratively) pearl; jewel
(literary, figuratively) teardrop
(literary) next month

Derived terms

Derived terms from 明月

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)

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