令名

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 令名. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 令名, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 令名 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 令名 you have here. The definition of the word 令名 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of令名, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Chinese

make or cause to be; order; command
make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
trad. (令名)
simp. #(令名)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/5 4/5 5/5 1/1
Initial () (37) (37) (37) (4)
Final () (121) (121) (125) (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open Open
Division () III III IV III
Fanqie
Baxter ljeng ljengH lengH mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liᴇŋ/ /liᴇŋH/ /leŋH/ /miᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/liɛŋ/ /liɛŋH/ /leŋH/ /miɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/liæŋ/ /liæŋH/ /lɛŋH/ /miæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/liajŋ/ /liajŋH/ /lɛjŋH/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong
/liɛŋ/ /liɛŋH/ /leŋH/ /miɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/lĭɛŋ/ /lĭɛŋH/ /lieŋH/ /mĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/li̯ɛŋ/ /li̯ɛŋH/ /lieŋH/ /mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
líng lìng lìng míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ling4 ling6 ling6 ming4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
líng lìng míng
Middle
Chinese
‹ ljeng › ‹ ljengH › ‹ mjieng ›
Old
Chinese
/*riŋ/ /*riŋ-s/ /*C.meŋ/
English send (a person) issue a command name

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/5 3/5 5/5 1/1
No. 8277 8284 8332 9178
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reŋ/ /*reŋs/ /*reːŋs/ /*meŋ/

Noun

令名

  1. (literary) good name; reputation

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (令名):
  • Japanese: 令名(れいめい) (reimei)
  • Korean: 영명(令名) (yeongmyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れい
Grade: 4
めい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(れい)(めい) (reimei

  1. good name; reputation
    • 1956, 山田孝雄, 君が代の歴史:
      音樂界(おんがくかい)令名(れいめい)()せた(ひと)だ。
      Ongakukai ni reimei o haseta hito da.
      He is renowned in musical circles.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN