明
Meanings
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- 1.bright
- 2.opposite: dark 暗[àn]
- 3.(of meaning) clear
- 4.to understand
- 5.next
- 6.public or open
- 7.wise
- 8.generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 1.Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
- 2.surname Ming
- 3.Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God
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Wiktionary
- 1.bright; light; brilliant
- 2.clear; limpid (transparent; light-conducting; not obscured)
- 3.manifest; apparent (easily seen, perceived, or detected)
- 4.vision; sight (the ability to see)
- 5.acute; sharp; keen
- 6.intellect; knowledge; judgement; discernment; sensibility
- 7.intelligent; sensible; informed; wise
- 8.to understand; to know
- 9.evidently
- 10.to make known
- 11.next; following
- 12.tomorrow
- 13.Ming dynasty
- 14.a surname, listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing
- 15.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 明 (MC mjaeng)
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 日 (“sun”) + 月 (“moon”) – the sun just rising and the moon not yet set – dawn (天明 (tiānmíng)). Alternatively, it may be interpreted as two bright celestial bodies – bright. This form was already found in the oracle bone script and was prevalent throughout the eras. Three other forms were found in the oracle bone script: * 朙 (míng) < 囧 (“window”) + 月 – the moon shining through a window – moonlight. This form was also prevalent in the ancient scripts and was considered to be the standard form in Shuowen. See this form's entry for its historical forms. * 眀 (míng) < 目 (“eye”) + 月 – bright eyes. This form was rarely attested, so it is still uncertain whether this form is actually equivalent to 明. It reappeared in the bamboo script of the Qin dynasty, but this was probably a corruption of 朙 (míng). * 𤰾 < 田 + 月 – probably a corruption of the above forms. Of either Proto-Sino-Tibetan origin, compare * Tibetan མདངས (mdangs, “facial color, appearance, brightness”) (Bodman, 1980), or * Proto-Sino-Tibetan *brwaŋ (“loud; bright”) (STEDT); making it cognate with Burmese ပြင်း (prang:, “acute; violent”), Burmese ပြောင် (praung, “to shine”). Or from Austroasiatic, cognate with 亮 (OC *raŋs, “bright”) (Schuessler, 2007). For more see 亮 (OC *raŋs). 盟 (OC *mraŋ, *mraːŋs, “covenant”) is a derivative (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
很明顯。
It's obvious.
你很聰明。
You're smart.
那很明顯。
That's quite obvious.
你很聰明。
You're sharp.
她很聰明。
She is very clever.
我不太聰明。
I'm not too smart.
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Derived terms
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