| 明 | [ míng ] Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 明 | [ míng ] bright, opposite: dark 暗[an4], (of meaning) clear, to understand, next, public or open, wise, generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 明了 | [ míng ] to understand clearly, to be clear about, plain, clear, also written 明瞭|明了[ming2 liao3] |
| 明亮 | [ míng liàng ] bright, shining, glittering, to become clear |
| 明人不做暗事 | [ míng rén bù zuò àn shì ] an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom) |
| 明仁 | [ míng rén ] Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成[Ping2 cheng2] emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019 |
| 明仁宗 | [ míng rén zōng ] Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] |
| 明代 | [ míng daì ] the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明令 | [ míng lìng ] to decree |
| 明信片 | [ míng xìn piàn ] postcard |
| 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉 | [ míng xiū zhàn daò àn dù 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 |
| 明光 | [ míng guāng ] Mingguang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 明光市 | [ míng guāng shì ] Mingguang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 明光度 | [ míng guāng dù ] luminosity |
| 明光藍 | [ míng guāng lán ] lavender blue |
| 明兒 | [ míng ] (coll.) tomorrow, one of these days, some day |
| 明兒個 | [ míng ge ] (coll.) tomorrow |
| 明初 | [ míng chū ] the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century) |
| 明十三陵 | [ míng shí sān líng ] the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing) |
| 明古魯 | [ míng gǔ lǔ ] Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明古魯市 | [ míng gǔ lǔ shì ] Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明史 | [ míng shǐ ] History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls |
| 明和 | [ míng hé ] Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan, Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772), Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools) |
| 明哲保身 | [ míng zhé baǒ shēn ] a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom), to put one's own safety before matters of principle |
| 明喻 | [ míng yù ] simile |
| 明報 | [ míng baò ] Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) |
| 明天 | [ míng tiān ] tomorrow |
| 明天啟 | [ míng tiān qǐ ] 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] |
| 明天見 | [ míng tiān jiàn ] see you tomorrow, (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) |
| 明太祖 | [ míng taì zǔ ] Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] |
| 明媒正娶 | [ míng meí zhèng qǔ ] to be officially wed |
| 明媚 | [ míng meì ] bright and beautiful |
| 明子 | [ míng zi ] see 松明[song1 ming2] |
| 明孝陵 | [ míng líng ] Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site |
| 明宣宗 | [ míng xuān zōng ] temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2] |
| 明察 | [ míng chá ] to note clearly, to perceive |
| 明察暗訪 | [ míng chá àn fǎng ] open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides |
| 明察秋毫 | [ míng chá qiū haó ] lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius), fig. perceptive of even the finest detail |
| 明實錄 | [ míng shí lù ] annals of the Ming Dynasty 明朝[Ming2 chao2] (1368-1644) |
| 明尼蘇達 | [ míng ní sū dá ] Minnesota, USA |
| 明尼蘇達州 | [ míng ní sū dá zhoū ] Minnesota |
| 明尼阿波利斯 | [ míng ní ā bō lì sī ] Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota |
| 明山 | [ míng shān ] Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明山區 | [ míng shān qū ] Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明崗暗哨 | [ míng gǎng àn shaò ] both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom) |
| 明年 | [ míng nián ] next year |
| 明德 | [ míng dé ] highest virtue, illustrious virtue |
| 明德學院 | [ míng dé xué yuàn ] Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont |
| 明德鎮 | [ míng dé zhèn ] Middlebury (name of town in Vermont) |
| 明志 | [ míng zhì ] to demonstrate one's sincere convictions |
| 明慧 | [ míng huì ] intelligent, brilliant |
| 明成祖 | [ míng chéng zǔ ] Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4] |
| 明手 | [ míng shoǔ ] dummy (in bridge) |
| 明擺著 | [ míng baǐ zhe ] evident, clear, undoubted |
| 明教 | [ míng ] Manicheism, same as 摩尼教 |
| 明文 | [ míng wén ] to state in writing (laws, rules etc) |
| 明文規定 | [ míng wén guī dìng ] expressly stipulated (in writing) |
| 明斯克 | [ míng sī kè ] Minsk, capital of Belarus |
| 明日 | [ míng rì ] tomorrow |
| 明日黃花 | [ míng rì huáng huā ] lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom), fig. outdated, thing of the past, dead letter |
| 明早 | [ míng zaǒ ] tomorrow morning, tomorrow |
| 明明 | [ míng míng ] obviously, plainly, undoubtedly, definitely |
| 明星 | [ míng xīng ] star, celebrity |
| 明晃晃 | [ míng huǎng huǎng ] shining, bright |
| 明晚 | [ míng wǎn ] tomorrow evening |
| 明晰 | [ míng xī ] clear, well-defined, limpid |
| 明智 | [ míng zhì ] sensible, wise, judicious, sagacious |
| 明智之舉 | [ míng zhì zhī jǔ ] sensible act |
| 明月 | [ míng yuè ] bright moon, refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark, CL:輪|轮[lun2] |
| 明月清風 | [ míng yuè qīng fēng ] see 清風明月|清风明月[qing1 feng1 ming2 yue4] |
| 明朗 | [ míng lǎng ] bright, clear, obvious, forthright, open-minded, bright and cheerful |
| 明朝 | [ míng chaó ] Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明朝 | [ míng zhaō ] tomorrow morning, the following morning |
| 明朝體 | [ míng chaó tǐ ] Mincho font |
| 明末 | [ míng mò ] late Ming, first half of the 17th century |
| 明末清初 | [ míng mò qīng chū ] late Ming and early Qing, around the middle of the 17th century |
| 明杖 | [ míng zhàng ] white cane (used by the blind) |
| 明查暗訪 | [ míng chá àn fǎng ] open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides |
| 明槍好躲，暗箭難防 | [ 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 |
| 明槍易躲，暗箭難防 | [ míng qiāng yì 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 |
| 明武宗 | [ míng wǔ zōng ] Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德[Zheng4 de2] |
| 明水 | [ míng shuǐ ] Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明水縣 | [ míng shuǐ xiàn ] Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明治 | [ míng zhì ] Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor |
| 明治維新 | [ míng zhì weí xīn ] Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868) |
| 明淨 | [ míng jìng ] bright and clean, luminous |
| 明清 | [ míng qīng ] the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties |
| 明渠 | [ míng qú ] (open, uncovered) water channel, canal |
| 明溪 | [ míng xī ] Mingxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian |
| 明溪縣 | [ míng xī xiàn ] Mingxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian |
| 明滅 | [ míng miè ] to flicker, to flash on and off, to brighten and fade |
| 明澈 | [ míng chè ] clear, limpid |
| 明火 | [ míng huǒ ] flame, open fire |
| 明熹宗 | [ míng xī zōng ] Ming Xizong, temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[Ming2 Tian1 qi3] |
| 明爭暗鬥 | [ míng zhēng àn doù ] to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom) |
| 明珠 | [ míng zhū ] pearl, jewel (of great value) |
| 明珠暗投 | [ míng zhū àn toú ] to cast pearls before swine (idiom), not to get proper recognition for one's talents |
| 明理 | [ míng lǐ ] sensible, reasonable, an obvious reason, truth or fact, to understand the reason or reasoning |
| 明白 | [ míng bai ] clear, obvious, unequivocal, to understand, to realize |
| 明皎 | [ míng ] clear and bright |
| 明目張膽 | [ míng mù zhāng dǎn ] openly and without fear, brazenly |
| 明眸皓齒 | [ míng moú haò chǐ ] to have bright eyes and white teeth |
| 明眼人 | [ míng yǎn rén ] perspicacious person, sb with a discerning eye, sighted person (as opposed to blind) |
| 明瞭 | [ míng ] to understand clearly, to be clear about, plain, clear |
| 明知 | [ míng zhī ] to be fully aware of, to know perfectly well |
| 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 | [ míng zhī shān yoǔ hǔ piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng ] lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom), fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers |
| 明知故問 | [ míng zhī gù wèn ] to ask a question, already knowing the answer |
| 明知故犯 | [ míng zhī gù fàn ] deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime |
| 明確 | [ míng què ] clear-cut, definite, explicit, to clarify, to specify, to make definite |
| 明碼 | [ míng mǎ ] non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc), plaintext (cryptography), (of prices) clearly marked |
| 明礬 | [ míng fán ] alum |
| 明示 | [ míng shì ] to state explicitly, to clearly indicate |
| 明窗淨几 | [ míng chuāng jìng jī ] lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room) |
| 明細 | [ míng xì ] clear and detailed, definite, details (are as follows:) |
| 明細表 | [ míng xì ] schedule, subsidiary ledger, a detailed list |
| 明膠 | [ míng ] gelatin |
| 明處 | [ míng chù ] clear place, out in the open |
| 明蝦 | [ míng xiā ] prawn |
| 明裡暗裡 | [ míng lǐ àn lǐ ] overtly and secretly, explicitly and implicitly |
| 明言 | [ míng yán ] to say clearly, to argue clearly, to pronounce, pronounced |
| 明訂 | [ míng dìng ] to stipulate, to state expressly, to explicitly provide for |
| 明證 | [ míng zhèng ] clear proof |
| 明辨 | [ míng biàn ] to discern, to distinguish clearly |
| 明辨是非 | [ míng biàn shì feī ] to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) |
| 明達 | [ míng dá ] reasonable, of good judgment |
| 明達事理 | [ míng dá shì lǐ ] reasonable, sensible |
| 明邃 | [ míng suì ] glistening and piercing |
| 明鏡 | [ míng jìng ] Der Spiegel |
| 明鏡 | [ míng jìng ] mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight) |
| 明鏡高懸 | [ míng jìng gaō xuán ] perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom) |
| 明顯 | [ míng xiǎn ] clear, distinct, obvious |
| 明體 | [ míng tǐ ] Mincho, Song font |
| 明麗 | [ míng lì ] bright and beautiful, (of a landscape) gorgeous, (of a color) vibrant |
| ⇒ 三明 | [ sān míng ] Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian |
| ⇒ 三明市 | [ sān míng shì ] Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian |
| ⇒ 三明治 | [ sān míng zhì ] sandwich (loanword), CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 下落不明 | [ xià luò bù míng ] unaccounted, unknown whereabouts |
| ⇒ 不明 | [ bù míng ] not clear, unknown, to fail to understand |
| ⇒ 不明不白 | [ bù míng bù baí ] obscure, dubious, shady |
| ⇒ 不明事理 | [ bù míng shì lǐ ] not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense |
| ⇒ 不明就裡 | [ bù míng jiù lǐ ] not to understand the situation, unaware of the ins and outs |
| ⇒ 不明確 | [ bù míng què ] indefinite, unclear |
| ⇒ 不明覺厲 | [ bù míng jué lì ] although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang) |
| ⇒ 不明飛行物 | [ bù míng feī xíng wù ] unidentified flying object (UFO) |
| ⇒ 不言自明 | [ bù yán zì míng ] self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不說自明 | [ bù shuō zì míng ] self-explanatory, self-evident (idiom) |
| ⇒ 不透明 | [ bù toù míng ] opaque |
| ⇒ 事後聰明 | [ shì hoù cōng ming ] wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it |
| ⇒ 以死明志 | [ yǐ sǐ míng zhì ] to demonstrate one's sincerity by dying |
| ⇒ 以資證明 | [ yǐ zī zhèng míng ] in support or witness hereof (idiom) |
| ⇒ 伏明霞 | [ fú míng xiá ] Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion |
| ⇒ 伯明翰 | [ bó míng hàn ] Birmingham |
| ⇒ 佛朗明哥 | [ fó lǎng míng gē ] flamenco (Tw) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 來歷不明 | [ laí lì bù míng ] of unknown origin |
| ⇒ 來路不明 | [ laí lù bù míng ] unidentified origin, no-one knows where it comes from, of dubious background |
| ⇒ 元末明初 | [ yuán mò míng chū ] late Yuan and early Ming, mid 14th century |
| ⇒ 先見之明 | [ xiān jiàn zhī míng ] foresight |
| ⇒ 光明 | [ guāng míng ] light, radiance, (fig.) bright (prospects etc), openhearted |
| ⇒ 光明新區 | [ guāng míng xīn qū ] New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 光明日報 | [ guāng míng rì baò ] Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper |
| ⇒ 光明星 | [ guāng míng xīng ] bright star, name of North Korean space satellite |
| ⇒ 光明正大 | [ guāng míng zhèng dà ] (of a person) honorable, not devious, (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard, without tricks, openly, (of a situation) out in the open |
| ⇒ 光明磊落 | [ guāng míng leǐ luò ] open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright |
| ⇒ 光明節 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 免責聲明 | [ miǎn zé shēng míng ] disclaimer |
| ⇒ 兩河文明 | [ liǎng hé wén míng ] Mesopotamian civilization |
| ⇒ 公司三明治 | [ gōng sī sān míng zhì ] club sandwich |
| ⇒ 具體說明 | [ jù tǐ shuō míng ] explicit explanation, to specify |
| ⇒ 兼聽則明，偏信則暗 | [ jiān tīng zé míng piān xìn zé àn ] listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom) |
| ⇒ 冰炭不言，冷熱自明 | [ bīng tàn bù yán lěng rè zì míng ] ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words |
| ⇒ 冰雪聰明 | [ bīng xuě cōng ming ] exceptionally intelligent (idiom) |
| ⇒ 出生證明 | [ chū shēng zhèng míng ] birth certificate, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 出生證明書 | [ chū shēng zhèng míng shū ] birth certificate, CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| ⇒ 分明 | [ fēn míng ] clear, distinct, evidently, clearly |
| ⇒ 列明 | [ liè míng ] to list, to specify |
| ⇒ 判明 | [ pàn míng ] to distinguish, to ascertain |
| ⇒ 半明不滅 | [ bàn míng bù miè ] dull (lamplight) |
| ⇒ 半透明 | [ bàn toù míng ] translucent, semitransparent |
| ⇒ 南明 | [ nán míng ] Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| ⇒ 南明區 | [ nán míng qū ] Nanming District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| ⇒ 去向不明 | [ qù xiàng bù míng ] missing, lost |
| ⇒ 古文明 | [ gǔ wén míng ] ancient civilization |
| ⇒ 另請高明 | [ lìng qǐng gaō míng ] please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) |
| ⇒ 史思明 | [ shǐ sī míng ] Shi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], participated in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] |
| ⇒ 吳天明 | [ wú tiān míng ] Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director |
| ⇒ 唐明皇 | [ táng míng huáng ] Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], reigned 712-756 |
| ⇒ 啟明 | [ qǐ míng ] Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn |
| ⇒ 啟明星 | [ qǐ míng xīng ] (astronomy) Venus |
| ⇒ 喻世明言 | [ yù shì míng yán ] another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] |
| ⇒ 嚴明 | [ yán míng ] strict and impartial, firm |
| ⇒ 四大發明 | [ sì dà fā míng ] the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder |
| ⇒ 圓明園 | [ yuán míng yuán ] Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 |
| ⇒ 圖解說明 | [ tú jiě shuō míng ] explanatory diagram |
| ⇒ 堅明 | [ jiān míng ] to consolidate and clarify |
| ⇒ 外國人居住證明 | [ waì guó rén jū zhù zhèng míng ] foreigner's certificate of residence |
| ⇒ 多明尼加 | [ duō míng ní jiā ] Dominica, Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| ⇒ 多明尼加共和國 | [ duō míng ní jiā gòng hé guó ] Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| ⇒ 多明尼加聯邦 | [ duō míng ní jiā lián bāng ] the Commonwealth of Dominica (Tw) |
| ⇒ 大放光明 | [ dà fàng guāng míng ] to shine brightly, (fig.) to show promise, to be on the up and up |
| ⇒ 大明曆 | [ dà míng lì ] the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 |
| ⇒ 大明湖 | [ dà míng hú ] Daming Lake in Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 大明蝦 | [ dà míng xiā ] king prawn |
| ⇒ 天明 | [ tiān míng ] dawn, daybreak |
| ⇒ 失明 | [ shī míng ] to lose one's eyesight, to become blind, blindness |
| ⇒ 失明症 | [ shī míng zhèng ] blindness |
| ⇒ 奉若神明 | [ fèng ruò shén míng ] to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere, to worship, to deify, to make a holy cow of sth, to put sb on a pedestal |
| ⇒ 姚明 | [ yaó míng ] Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 |
| ⇒ 孔明 | [ kǒng míng ] courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] |
| ⇒ 孔明燈 | [ kǒng míng dēng ] sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) |
| ⇒ 安非他明 | [ ān feī tā míng ] amphetamine (loanword) |
| ⇒ 宣明 | [ xuān míng ] to declare |
| ⇒ 宣誓供詞證明 | [ xuān shì gòng cí zhèng míng ] affidavit, deposition (law) |
| ⇒ 察察為明 | [ chá chá weí míng ] keenly observant of trivial details |
| ⇒ 寧明 | [ níng míng ] Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 寧明縣 | [ níng míng xiàn ] Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| ⇒ 小聰明 | [ cōng ming ] clever-clever, clever in trivial matters, sharp but petty-minded |
| ⇒ 山明水秀 | [ shān míng shuǐ xiù ] lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom), fig. enchanting scenery |
| ⇒ 崇明 | [ chóng míng ] Chongming island county, Shanghai |
| ⇒ 崇明島 | [ chóng míng daǒ ] Chongming Island |
| ⇒ 崇明縣 | [ chóng míng xiàn ] Chongming island county, Shanghai |
| ⇒ 崔明慧 | [ cuī míng huì ] Christine Choy (1964-), Chinese-American film director |
| ⇒ 嵩明 | [ sōng míng ] Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan |
| ⇒ 嵩明縣 | [ sōng míng xiàn ] Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan |
| ⇒ 左丘明 | [ zuǒ qiū míng ] Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed |
| ⇒ 平明 | [ píng míng ] (literary) dawn, daybreak, impartial and astute |
| ⇒ 幽明 | [ yoū míng ] the hidden and the visible, that which can be seen and that which cannot, darkness and light, night and day, wisdom and ignorance, evil and good, the living and the dead, men and ghosts |
| ⇒ 弄明白 | [ nòng míng bai ] to figure out how to do something |
| ⇒ 弗拉明戈 | [ fú lā míng gē ] flamenco (Tw) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 彰明 | [ zhāng míng ] to show clearly, to make public, obvious |
| ⇒ 彰明較著 | [ zhāng míng zhù ] obvious, clear for all to see |
| ⇒ 後見之明 | [ hoù jiàn zhī míng ] hindsight |
| ⇒ 復明 | [ fù míng ] to restore the Ming dynasty |
| ⇒ 復明 | [ fù míng ] to regain one's eyesight, (astronomy) emersion |
| ⇒ 微明 | [ weī míng ] twilight |
| ⇒ 心知肚明 | [ xīn zhī dù míng ] to be well aware |
| ⇒ 思明 | [ sī míng ] Siming district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian |
| ⇒ 思明區 | [ sī míng qū ] Siming district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian |
| ⇒ 愛憎分明 | [ aì zēng fēn míng ] to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates, to have well-defined likes and dislikes |
| ⇒ 懷俄明 | [ é míng ] Wyoming, US state |
| ⇒ 懷俄明州 | [ é míng zhoū ] Wyoming, US state |
| ⇒ 招股說明書 | [ zhaō gǔ shuō míng shū ] prospectus |
| ⇒ 指明 | [ zhǐ míng ] to show clearly, to designate, to indicate |
| ⇒ 挑明 | [ míng ] to illuminate, to open up (a topic) |
| ⇒ 掌上明珠 | [ zhǎng shàng míng zhū ] lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom), fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) |
| ⇒ 探明 | [ tàn míng ] to ascertain, to verify |
| ⇒ 揣著明白裝糊塗 | [ zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu ] to pretend to not know, to play dumb |
| ⇒ 擺明 | [ baǐ míng ] to show clearly |
| ⇒ 放著明白裝糊塗 | [ fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu ] to pretend not to know (idiom) |
| ⇒ 敘明 | [ xù míng ] detailed accounting |
| ⇒ 敬若神明 | [ jìng ruò shén míng ] to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) |
| ⇒ 文徵明 | [ wén zhēng míng ] Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
| ⇒ 文明 | [ wén míng ] civilized, civilization, culture, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 文明化 | [ wén míng huà ] civilize |
| ⇒ 文明小史 | [ wén míng shǐ ] Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] |
| ⇒ 文明病 | [ wén míng bìng ] lifestyle diseases |
| ⇒ 施明德 | [ shī míng dé ] Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] |
| ⇒ 旗幟鮮明 | [ qí zhì xiān míng ] to show one's colors, to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) |
| ⇒ 昆明 | [ kūn míng ] Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China |
| ⇒ 昆明市 | [ kūn míng shì ] Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China |
| ⇒ 昆明湖 | [ kūn míng hú ] Kunming Lake |
| ⇒ 昌明 | [ chāng míng ] flourishing, thriving |
| ⇒ 明明 | [ míng míng ] obviously, plainly, undoubtedly, definitely |
| ⇒ 春光明媚 | [ chūn guāng míng meì ] lovely spring sunshine |
| ⇒ 是非分明 | [ shì feī fēn míng ] to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) |
| ⇒ 晶明 | [ jīng míng ] bright, shiny |
| ⇒ 暗察明訪 | [ àn chá míng fǎng ] open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret, taking information from all sides |
| ⇒ 本傑明 | [ běn jié míng ] Benjamin (person name) |
| ⇒ 本傑明b7富蘭克林 | [ běn jié míng fù lán kè lín ] Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat |
| ⇒ 李明博 | [ lǐ míng bó ] Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013 |
| ⇒ 東方文明 | [ dōng fāng wén míng ] Eastern civilization |
| ⇒ 東方明珠塔 | [ dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ ] Oriental Pearl Tower |
| ⇒ 東方明珠電視塔 | [ dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ ] Oriental Pearl Television Tower |
| ⇒ 東明 | [ dōng míng ] Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 東明縣 | [ dōng míng xiàn ] Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| ⇒ 松明 | [ sōng míng ] pine torch |
| ⇒ 查明 | [ chá míng ] to investigate and find out, to ascertain |
| ⇒ 柳暗花明 | [ liǔ àn huā míng ] lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope, light at the end of the tunnel |
| ⇒ 棄暗投明 | [ qì 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 |
| ⇒ 標明 | [ míng ] to mark, to indicate |
| ⇒ 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 | [ jī 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]) |
| ⇒ 權利聲明 | [ quán lì shēng míng ] copyright statement |
| ⇒ 正大光明 | [ zhèng dà guāng míng ] just and honorable |
| ⇒ 死因不明 | [ sǐ yīn bù míng ] unknown cause of death |
| ⇒ 決明 | [ jué míng ] (botany) cassia |
| ⇒ 決明子 | [ jué míng zǐ ] (botany) cassia seed |
| ⇒ 注明 | [ zhù míng ] to clearly indicate |
| ⇒ 流明 | [ liú míng ] lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword) |
| ⇒ 流量明星 | [ liú liàng míng xīng ] (neologism c. 2014) celebrity with a huge, devoted fan base, celebrity with a huge following on social media |
| ⇒ 海明威 | [ haǐ míng weī ] Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist |
| ⇒ 涇渭分明 | [ jīng weì fēn míng ] as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom), to be entirely different |
| ⇒ 淡泊明志 | [ dàn bó míng zhì ] living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom) |
| ⇒ 深明大義 | [ shēn míng dà yì ] to have a high notion of one's duty, to be highly principled |
| ⇒ 清明 | [ qīng míng ] Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April, Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) |
| ⇒ 清明 | [ qīng míng ] clear and bright, sober and calm, (of a government or administration) well ordered |
| ⇒ 清明節 | [ qīng míng jié ] Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) |
| ⇒ 清正廉明 | [ qīng zhèng lián míng ] upright and honest |
| ⇒ 清風明月 | [ qīng fēng míng yuè ] lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom), fig. peaceful and clear night, (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life |
| ⇒ 漢明帝 | [ hàn míng dì ] Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75 |
| ⇒ 無明 | [ wú míng ] avidya (Buddhism), ignorance, delusion |
| ⇒ 照明 | [ zhaò míng ] lighting, illumination, to light up, to illuminate |
| ⇒ 照明彈 | [ zhaò míng dàn ] flare, star shell |
| ⇒ 燈火通明 | [ dēng huǒ tōng míng ] brightly lit |
| ⇒ 物質文明 | [ wù zhì wén míng ] material culture |
| ⇒ 物質文明和精神文明 | [ wù zhì wén míng hé 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) |
| ⇒ 物質文明和精神文明 | [ wù zhì wén míng hé 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) |
| ⇒ 王明 | [ wáng míng ] Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet-trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 |
| ⇒ 王陽明 | [ wáng yáng míng ] Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2] |
| ⇒ 班雅明 | [ bān yǎ míng ] Benjamin (name) |
| ⇒ 申明 | [ shēn míng ] to declare, to aver, to state formally |
| ⇒ 發明 | [ fā míng ] to invent, an invention, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 發明人 | [ fā míng rén ] inventor |
| ⇒ 發明創造 | [ fā míng chuàng zaò ] to invent and innovate, inventions and innovations |
| ⇒ 發明家 | [ fā míng jiā ] inventor |
| ⇒ 發明者 | [ fā míng zhě ] inventor |
| ⇒ 皇冠上的明珠 | [ huáng guān shàng de míng zhū ] the brightest jewel in the crown |
| ⇒ 皓齒明眸 | [ haò chǐ míng moú ] white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman |
| ⇒ 眼明手快 | [ yǎn míng shoǔ ] sharp-sighted and deft |
| ⇒ 知人者智，自知者明 | [ zhī rén zhě zhì zì zhī zhě míng ] those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] |
| ⇒ 砷凡納明 | [ shēn fán nà míng ] arsphenamine |
| ⇒ 祝允明 | [ zhù yǔn míng ] Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher |
| ⇒ 神明 | [ shén míng ] deities, gods |
| ⇒ 窗明几淨 | [ chuāng míng jī jìng ] lit. clear window and clean table (idiom), fig. bright and clean |
| ⇒ 簡單明瞭 | [ jiǎn dān míng ] clear and simple, in simple terms |
| ⇒ 簡明 | [ jiǎn míng ] simple and clear, concise |
| ⇒ 簡明扼要 | [ jiǎn míng è yaò ] brief and to the point (idiom), succinct |
| ⇒ 精明 | [ jīng míng ] astute, shrewd |
| ⇒ 精明強幹 | [ jīng míng qiáng gàn ] intelligent and capable (idiom) |
| ⇒ 精明能幹 | [ jīng míng néng gàn ] able and efficient |
| ⇒ 精神文明 | [ jīng shén wén míng ] spiritual culture |
| ⇒ 細明體 | [ xì míng tǐ ] Mincho narrow font |
| ⇒ 絕頂聰明 | [ jué dǐng cōng ming ] extremely bright (idiom) |
| ⇒ 總會三明治 | [ zǒng huì sān míng zhì ] club sandwich |
| ⇒ 耍小聰明 | [ shuǎ cōng ming ] to get smart, to resort to petty tricks |
| ⇒ 耳聰目明 | [ ěr cōng mù míng ] sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom), keen and alert, perceptive |
| ⇒ 聖佛明節 | [ shèng fó míng jié ] Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain |
| ⇒ 聖多明各 | [ shèng duō míng gè ] Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic |
| ⇒ 聖多明哥 | [ shèng duō míng gē ] Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| ⇒ 聖明 | [ shèng míng ] enlightened sage, brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) |
| ⇒ 聯合聲明 | [ lián hé shēng míng ] joint declaration |
| ⇒ 聰明 | [ cōng ming ] intelligent, clever, bright, smart, acute (of sight and hearing) |
| ⇒ 聰明一世，懵懂一時 | [ cōng ming yī shì měng dǒng yī 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] |
| ⇒ 聰明一世，糊塗一時 | [ cōng ming yī shì hú tu yī shí ] even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom), every man has a fool in his sleeve |
| ⇒ 聰明伶俐 | [ cōng ming líng lì ] clever and quick-witted |
| ⇒ 聰明反被聰明誤 | [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng wù ] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good |
| ⇒ 聰明反被聰明誤 | [ cōng míng fǎn beì cōng míng wù ] a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself, too smart for one's own good |
| ⇒ 聰明才智 | [ cōng ming caí zhì ] intelligence and wisdom |
| ⇒ 聰明絕頂 | [ cōng ming jué dǐng ] highly intelligent (idiom) |
| ⇒ 聰明過頭 | [ cōng ming guò toú ] too clever by half, excessive ingenuity |
| ⇒ 聲明 | [ shēng míng ] to state, to declare, statement, declaration, CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4] |
| ⇒ 聲明書 | [ shēng míng shū ] statement |
| ⇒ 胂凡納明 | [ shèn fán nà míng ] arsphenamine |
| ⇒ 胡志明 | [ hú zhì míng ] Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader, see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4] |
| ⇒ 胡志明市 | [ hú zhì míng shì ] Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam |
| ⇒ 自作聰明 | [ zì zuò cōng míng ] to think oneself clever (idiom) |
| ⇒ 自知之明 | [ zì zhī zhī míng ] knowing oneself (idiom), self-knowledge |
| ⇒ 英明 | [ yīng míng ] wise, brilliant |
| ⇒ 英明果斷 | [ yīng míng guǒ duàn ] wise and resolute |
| ⇒ 莫明其妙 | [ mò míng qí ] variant of 莫名其妙[mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4] |
| ⇒ 蓄鬚明志 | [ xù xū 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) |
| ⇒ 薄明 | [ bó míng ] dim light, early dawn |
| ⇒ 表明 | [ míng ] to make clear, to make known, to state clearly, to indicate, known |
| ⇒ 褻瀆神明 | [ xiè dú shén míng ] to blaspheme, to commit sacrilege |
| ⇒ 親兄弟，明算帳 | [ qīn xiōng dì míng suàn zhàng ] even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom) |
| ⇒ 言明 | [ yán míng ] to state clearly |
| ⇒ 訂明 | [ dìng míng ] to stipulate, to state expressly, to explicitly provide for |
| ⇒ 詞約指明 | [ cí yuē zhǐ míng ] concise but unambiguous (idiom) |
| ⇒ 認明 | [ rèn míng ] to identify, to authenticate |
| ⇒ 說明 | [ shuō míng ] to explain, to illustrate, to indicate, to show, to prove, explanation, directions, caption, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 說明書 | [ shuō míng shū ] (technical) manual, (book of) directions, synopsis (of a play or film), specification (patent), CL:本[ben3] |
| ⇒ 說明會 | [ shuō míng huì ] information meeting |
| ⇒ 講明 | [ jiǎng míng ] to explain |
| ⇒ 證明 | [ zhèng míng ] proof, certificate, identification, testimonial, CL:個|个[ge4], to prove, to testify, to confirm the truth of |
| ⇒ 證明力 | [ zhèng míng lì ] probative value, strength of evidence in legal proof, relevance |
| ⇒ 證明完畢 | [ zhèng míng wán bì ] QED, end of proof (math.) |
| ⇒ 證明文件 | [ zhèng míng wén jiàn ] identification document, documentary proof |
| ⇒ 證明書 | [ zhèng míng shū ] certificate |
| ⇒ 賢明 | [ xián míng ] wise and capable, sagacious |
| ⇒ 質明 | [ zhì míng ] at dawn |
| ⇒ 趕明兒 | [ gǎn míng ] (coll.) some day, one of these days |
| ⇒ 趙公明 | [ zhaò gōng míng ] Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism |
| ⇒ 身份證明 | [ shēn fèn zhèng míng ] ID card, proof of identity |
| ⇒ 載明 | [ zaǐ míng ] to state explicitly in writing, to specify, to stipulate |
| ⇒ 輪廓鮮明 | [ lún kuò xiān míng ] sharp image, clear-cut, in bold outline, in sharp relief |
| ⇒ 辨明 | [ biàn míng ] to clarify, to distinguish, to elucidate |
| ⇒ 辯明 | [ biàn míng ] to explain clearly, to elucidate |
| ⇒ 透明 | [ toù míng ] transparent, open (non-secretive) |
| ⇒ 透明度 | [ toù míng dù ] transparency, (policy of) openness |
| ⇒ 透明硬紗 | [ toù míng yìng shā ] organza (fabric) |
| ⇒ 透明程度 | [ toù míng chéng dù ] transparency |
| ⇒ 透明膠 | [ toù míng ] Scotch tape |
| ⇒ 透明質酸 | [ toù míng zhì suān ] hyaluronic acid, hyaluronan |
| ⇒ 通明 | [ tōng míng ] brightly lit |
| ⇒ 達爾罕茂明安聯合旗 | [ dá ěr hǎn maò míng ān lián hé qí ] Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia |
| ⇒ 郭敬明 | [ guō jìng míng ] Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol |
| ⇒ 金明 | [ jīn míng ] Jinming district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan |
| ⇒ 金明區 | [ jīn míng qū ] Jinming district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan |
| ⇒ 長夜難明 | [ cháng yè nán míng ] lit. many nights under a harsh moon, long years of oppression (idiom) |
| ⇒ 長明燈 | [ cháng míng dēng ] altar lamp burning day and night |
| ⇒ 開宗明義 | [ kaī zōng míng yì ] to declare at the outset (idiom) |
| ⇒ 開明 | [ kaī míng ] enlightened, open-minded, enlightenment |
| ⇒ 開明君主 | [ kaī míng jūn zhǔ ] enlightened sovereign |
| ⇒ 闡明 | [ chǎn míng ] to elucidate, to explain clearly, to expound |
| ⇒ 阿明 | [ ā míng ] Al-Amin |
| ⇒ 陳炯明 | [ chén jiǒng míng ] Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong |
| ⇒ 陶淵明 | [ taó yuān míng ] Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet |
| ⇒ 陽光明媚 | [ yáng guāng míng meì ] the sun shines brightly (idiom) |
| ⇒ 陽明 | [ yáng míng ] Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 陽明區 | [ yáng míng qū ] Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| ⇒ 陽明山 | [ yáng míng shān ] Mt Yangming in Hunan, Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei |
| ⇒ 電照明 | [ diàn zhaò míng ] electric lighting |
| ⇒ 需要是發明之母 | [ xū yaò shì fā míng zhī mǔ ] Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). |
| ⇒ 顯明 | [ xiǎn míng ] to reveal, make known |
| ⇒ 驗明 | [ yàn míng ] to ascertain, to identify, to verify (sb's identity etc) |
| ⇒ 驗明正身 | [ yàn míng zhèng shēn ] to identify, to verify sb's identity, identification |
| ⇒ 高明 | [ gaō míng ] Gaoming District of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 高明 | [ gaō míng ] brilliant, superior, tall and bright |
| ⇒ 高明區 | [ gaō míng qū ] Gaoming District of Foshan City 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| ⇒ 鮮明 | [ xiān míng ] bright, clear-cut, distinct |
| ⇒ 鮮明個性 | [ xiān míng gè xìng ] individuality, clear-cut personality |
| ⇒ 黎明 | [ lí míng ] dawn, daybreak |
| ⇒ 黎明前的黑暗 | [ lí míng qián de heī àn ] darkness comes before dawn, things can only get better (idiom) |
| ⇒ 黎明時分 | [ lí míng shí fēn ] daybreak, at the crack of dawn |
| ⇒ 黑澤明 | [ heī zé míng ] Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director |
| ⇒ 黑白分明 | [ heī baí fēn míng ] black and white clearly contrasted, (fig.) unambiguous, black-and-white, in sharp contrast, to distinguish clearly right from wrong |
| ⇒ 點明 | [ diǎn míng ] to point out |
