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Hanzi Character Search: 明

660E

明
bright, light, brilliant; clear
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 4 Total Strokes 8
Mandarin reading míng Cantonese reading ming4
Japanese on reading mei myou Japanese kun reading akarui akiraka akeru
Korean reading myeng Vietnamese reading minh
Semantic Variant(s)

CEDICT Entries:

   [ míng xiū zhàn daò àn chén cāng ]    lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu), fig. to feign one thing while doing another, to cheat under cover of a diversion
   [ míng guāng lán ]    lavender blue
   [ míng ]    (coll.) tomorrow, one of these days, some day
   [ míng ge ]    (coll.) tomorrow
   [ míng ]    Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
   [ míng shì ]    Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
   [ míng baò ]    Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong)
   [ míng tiān ]    Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1]
   [ míng tiān jiàn ]    see you tomorrow, (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms)
访   [ míng chá àn fǎng ]    open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides
   [ míng shí ]    annals of the Ming Dynasty 明朝[Ming2 chao2] (1368-1644)
   [ míng ]    Minnesota, USA
   [ míng zhoū ]    Minnesota
   [ míng shān ]    Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning
   [ míng gǎng àn shaò ]    both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
   [ míng xué yuàn ]    Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont
   [ míng zhèn ]    Middlebury (name of town in Vermont)
   [ míng baǐ zhe ]    evident, clear, undoubted
   [ míng wén guī dìng ]    expressly stipulated (in writing)
   [ míng huáng huā ]    lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom), fig. outdated, thing of the past, dead letter
   [ míng zhì zhī ]    sensible act
   [ míng yuè qīng fēng ]    see 清風明月|清风明月[qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4]
   [ míng chaó ]    Mincho font
访   [ míng chá àn fǎng ]    open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides
   [ míng qiāng haǒ duǒ àn jiàn nán fáng ]    lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
   [ míng qiāng duǒ àn jiàn nán fáng ]    lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
   [ míng shuǐ xiàn ]    Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
   [ míng zhì weí xīn ]    Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
   [ míng jìng ]    bright and clean, luminous
   [ míng xiàn ]    Mingxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian
   [ míng miè ]    to flicker, to flash on and off, to brighten and fade
   [ míng zhēng àn doù ]    to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
   [ míng zhāng dǎn ]    openly and without fear, brazenly
齿   [ míng moú haò chǐ ]    to have bright eyes and white teeth
   [ míng ]    to understand clearly, to be clear about, plain, clear
   [ míng zhī wèn ]    to ask a question, already knowing the answer
   [ míng què ]    clear-cut, definite, explicit, to clarify, to specify, to make definite
   [ míng ]    non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc), plaintext (cryptography), (of prices) clearly marked
   [ míng fán ]    alum
   [ míng chuāng jìng ]    lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
   [ míng ]    clear and detailed, definite, details (are as follows:)
   [ míng ]    schedule, subsidiary ledger, a detailed list
   [ míng ]    gelatin
   [ míng chù ]    clear place, out in the open
   [ míng xiā ]    prawn
   [ míng àn ]    overtly and secretly, explicitly and implicitly
   [ míng dìng ]    to stipulate, to state expressly, to explicitly provide for
   [ míng zhèng ]    clear proof
   [ míng ]    reasonable, of good judgment
   [ míng shì ]    reasonable, sensible
   [ míng jìng ]    Der Spiegel
   [ míng jìng ]    mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight)
   [ míng jìng gaō xuán ]    perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)
   [ míng xiǎn ]    clear, distinct, obvious
   [ míng ]    Mincho, Song font
   [ míng ]    bright and beautiful, (of a landscape) gorgeous, (of a color) vibrant
⇒    [ míng jiù ]    not to understand the situation, unaware of the ins and outs
⇒    [ míng què ]    indefinite, unclear
⇒    [ míng jué ]    although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang)
⇒    [ míng feī xíng ]    unidentified flying object (UFO)
⇒    [ shuō míng ]    self-explanatory, self-evident (idiom)
⇒    [ shì hoù cōng ming ]    wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
⇒    [ zhèng míng ]    in support or witness hereof (idiom)
⇒    [ laí míng ]    of unknown origin
⇒    [ laí míng ]    unidentified origin, no-one knows where it comes from, of dubious background
⇒    [ xiān jiàn zhī míng ]    foresight
⇒    [ guāng míng xīn ]    New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 shi4], Guangdong
⇒    [ guāng míng baò ]    Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
⇒    [ guāng míng jié ]    Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar), also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
⇒    [ miǎn shēng míng ]    disclaimer
⇒    [ liǎng wén míng ]    Mesopotamian civilization
⇒    [ shuō míng ]    explicit explanation, to specify
⇒    [ jiān tīng míng piān xìn àn ]    listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
⇒    [ bīng tàn yán lěng míng ]    ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
⇒    [ bīng xuě cōng ming ]    exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
⇒    [ chū shēng zhèng míng ]    birth certificate, CL:張|张[zhang1]
⇒    [ chū shēng zhèng míng shū ]    birth certificate, CL:張|张[zhang1]
⇒    [ bàn míng miè ]    dull (lamplight)
⇒    [ nán míng ]    Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou
⇒    [ lìng qǐng gaō míng ]    please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
⇒    [ tiān míng ]    Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director
⇒    [ míng ]    Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
⇒    [ míng xīng ]    (astronomy) Venus
⇒    [ yán míng ]    strict and impartial, firm
⇒    [ míng ]    the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
⇒    [ yuán míng yuán ]    Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
⇒    [ jiě shuō míng ]    explanatory diagram
⇒    [ jiān míng ]    to consolidate and clarify
⇒    [ waì guó rén zhù zhèng míng ]    foreigner's certificate of residence
⇒    [ duō míng jiā gòng guó ]    Dominican Republic (Tw)
⇒    [ duō míng jiā lián bāng ]    the Commonwealth of Dominica (Tw)
⇒    [ míng ]    the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之
⇒    [ míng xiā ]    king prawn
⇒    [ kǒng míng dēng ]    sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
⇒    [ xuān shì gòng zhèng míng ]    affidavit, deposition (law)
⇒    [ chá chá weí míng ]    keenly observant of trivial details
⇒    [ níng míng ]    Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi
⇒    [ níng míng xiàn ]    Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi
⇒    [ cōng ming ]    clever-clever, clever in trivial matters, sharp but petty-minded
⇒    [ chóng míng daǒ ]    Chongming Island
⇒    [ chóng míng xiàn ]    Chongming island county, Shanghai
⇒    [ sōng míng xiàn ]    Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan
⇒    [ zhāng míng zhù ]    obvious, clear for all to see
⇒    [ hoù jiàn zhī míng ]    hindsight
⇒    [ míng ]    to restore the Ming dynasty
⇒    [ míng ]    to regain one's eyesight, (astronomy) emersion
⇒    [ míng ]    Siming district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian
⇒    [ zēng fēn míng ]    to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates, to have well-defined likes and dislikes
⇒ 怀   [ é míng ]    Wyoming, US state
⇒ 怀   [ é míng zhoū ]    Wyoming, US state
⇒    [ zhaō shuō míng shū ]    prospectus
⇒    [ zhe míng bai zhuāng tu ]    to pretend to not know, to play dumb
⇒    [ baǐ míng ]    to show clearly
⇒    [ fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng tu ]    to pretend not to know (idiom)
⇒    [ míng ]    detailed accounting
⇒    [ wén zhēng míng ]    Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
⇒    [ zhì xiān míng ]    to show one's colors, to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
⇒ 访   [ àn chá míng fǎng ]    open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides
⇒    [ běn jié míng ]    Benjamin (person name)
⇒ b7富   [ běn jié míng lán lín ]    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat
⇒    [ dōng fāng wén míng ]    Eastern civilization
⇒    [ dōng fāng míng zhū ]    Oriental Pearl Tower
⇒    [ dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì ]    Oriental Pearl Television Tower
⇒    [ dōng míng ]    Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
⇒    [ dōng míng xiàn ]    Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
⇒    [ àn toú míng ]    to renounce the dark and seek the light, to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
⇒    [ míng ]    to mark, to indicate
⇒    [ guān suàn jìn taì cōng ming fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng ]    if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
⇒    [ quán shēng míng ]    copyright statement
⇒    [ jué míng ]    (botany) cassia
⇒    [ jué míng ]    (botany) cassia seed
⇒    [ jīng weì fēn míng ]    as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom), to be entirely different
⇒    [ shēn míng ]    to have a high notion of one's duty, to be highly principled
⇒    [ qīng míng jié ]    Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
⇒    [ qīng fēng míng yuè ]    lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom), fig. peaceful and clear night, (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life
⇒    [ hàn míng ]    Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
⇒    [ míng ]    avidya (Buddhism), ignorance, delusion
⇒    [ zhaò míng dàn ]    flare, star shell
⇒    [ dēng huǒ tōng míng ]    brightly lit
⇒    [ zhì wén míng ]    material culture
⇒    [ zhì wén míng jīng shén wén míng ]    material and spiritual culture, matter and mind, material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
⇒    [ zhì wén míng jīng shén wén míng ]    material and spiritual culture, matter and mind, material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
⇒    [ wáng yáng míng ]    Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
⇒    [ míng ]    to invent, an invention, CL:個|个[ge4]
⇒    [ míng rén ]    inventor
⇒    [ míng chuàng zaò ]    to invent and innovate, inventions and innovations
⇒    [ míng jiā ]    inventor
⇒    [ míng zhě ]    inventor
⇒ 齿   [ haò chǐ míng moú ]    white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman
⇒    [ shēn fán míng ]    arsphenamine
⇒    [ chuāng míng jìng ]    lit. clear window and clean table (idiom), fig. bright and clean
⇒    [ jiǎn dān míng ]    clear and simple, in simple terms
⇒    [ jiǎn míng ]    simple and clear, concise
⇒    [ jiǎn míng è yaò ]    brief and to the point (idiom), succinct
⇒    [ jīng míng qiáng gàn ]    intelligent and capable (idiom)
⇒    [ jīng míng néng gàn ]    able and efficient
⇒    [ míng ]    Mincho narrow font
⇒    [ jué dǐng cōng ming ]    extremely bright (idiom)
⇒    [ zǒng huì sān míng zhì ]    club sandwich
⇒    [ shuǎ cōng ming ]    to get smart, to resort to petty tricks
⇒    [ ěr cōng míng ]    sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom), keen and alert, perceptive
⇒    [ shèng míng jié ]    Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
⇒    [ shèng duō míng ]    Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic
⇒    [ shèng duō míng ]    Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic (Tw)
⇒    [ shèng míng ]    enlightened sage, brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
⇒    [ lián shēng míng ]    joint declaration
⇒    [ cōng ming ]    intelligent, clever, bright, smart, acute (of sight and hearing)
⇒    [ cōng ming shì měng dǒng shí ]    see 聰明一世,糊塗一時|聪明一世,糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]
⇒    [ cōng ming shì tu shí ]    even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom), every man has a fool in his sleeve
⇒    [ cōng ming líng ]    clever and quick-witted
⇒    [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng ]    a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good
⇒    [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng ]    a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good
⇒    [ cōng ming caí zhì ]    intelligence and wisdom
⇒    [ cōng ming jué dǐng ]    highly intelligent (idiom)
⇒    [ cōng ming guò toú ]    too clever by half, excessive ingenuity
⇒    [ shēng míng ]    to state, to declare, statement, declaration, CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4]
⇒    [ shēng míng shū ]    statement
⇒    [ shèn fán míng ]    arsphenamine
⇒    [ zuò cōng míng ]    to think oneself clever (idiom)
⇒    [ yīng míng guǒ duàn ]    wise and resolute
⇒    [ míng zhì ]    to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese)
⇒    [ xiè shén míng ]    to blaspheme, to commit sacrilege
⇒    [ qīn xiōng míng suàn zhàng ]    even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
⇒    [ dìng míng ]    to stipulate, to state expressly, to explicitly provide for
⇒    [ yuē zhǐ míng ]    concise but unambiguous (idiom)
⇒    [ rèn míng ]    to identify, to authenticate
⇒    [ shuō míng ]    to explain, to illustrate, to indicate, to show, to prove, explanation, directions, caption, CL:個|个[ge4]
⇒    [ shuō míng shū ]    (technical) manual, (book of) directions, synopsis (of a play or film), specification (patent), CL:本[ben3]
⇒    [ shuō míng huì ]    information meeting
⇒    [ jiǎng míng ]    to explain
⇒    [ zhèng míng ]    proof, certificate, identification, testimonial, CL:個|个[ge4], to prove, to testify, to confirm the truth of
⇒    [ zhèng míng ]    probative value, strength of evidence in legal proof, relevance
⇒    [ zhèng míng wán ]    QED, end of proof (math.)
⇒    [ zhèng míng wén jiàn ]    identification document, documentary proof
⇒    [ zhèng míng shū ]    certificate
⇒    [ xián míng ]    wise and capable, sagacious
⇒    [ zhì míng ]    at dawn
⇒    [ gǎn míng ]    (coll.) some day, one of these days
⇒    [ zhaò gōng míng ]    Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
⇒    [ shēn fèn zhèng míng ]    ID card, proof of identity
⇒    [ zaǐ míng ]    to state explicitly in writing, to specify, to stipulate
⇒    [ lún kuò xiān míng ]    sharp image, clear-cut, in bold outline, in sharp relief
⇒    [ biàn míng ]    to explain clearly, to elucidate
⇒    [ toù míng yìng shā ]    organza (fabric)
⇒    [ toù míng ]    Scotch tape
⇒    [ toù míng zhì suān ]    hyaluronic acid, hyaluronan
⇒    [ ěr hǎn maò míng ān lián ]    Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia
⇒    [ jīn míng ]    Jinming district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan
⇒    [ cháng nán míng ]    lit. many nights under a harsh moon, long years of oppression (idiom)
⇒    [ cháng míng dēng ]    altar lamp burning day and night
⇒    [ kaī zōng míng ]    to declare at the outset (idiom)
⇒    [ kaī míng ]    enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment
⇒    [ kaī míng jūn zhǔ ]    enlightened sovereign
⇒    [ chǎn míng ]    to elucidate, to explain clearly, to expound
⇒    [ chén jiǒng míng ]    Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
⇒    [ taó yuān míng ]    Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
⇒    [ yáng guāng míng meì ]    the sun shines brightly (idiom)
⇒    [ yáng míng ]    Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
⇒    [ yáng míng ]    Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
⇒    [ yáng míng shān ]    Mt Yangming in Hunan, Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
⇒    [ diàn zhaò míng ]    electric lighting
⇒    [ yaò shì míng zhī ]    Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
⇒    [ xiǎn míng ]    to reveal, make known
⇒    [ yàn míng ]    to ascertain, to identify, to verify (sb's identity etc)
⇒    [ yàn míng zhèng shēn ]    to identify, to verify sb's identity, identification
⇒    [ gaō míng ]    Gaoming District of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong
⇒    [ xiān míng ]    bright, clear-cut, distinct
⇒    [ xiān míng xìng ]    individuality, clear-cut personality
⇒    [ míng shí fēn ]    daybreak, at the crack of dawn
⇒    [ heī míng ]    Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
⇒    [ diǎn míng ]    to point out

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