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, General 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: General 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

Synonyms

(bright moon): (literary) 皎月 (jiǎoyuè)

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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