冥冥

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Chinese

dark; deep dark; deep
simp. and trad.
(冥冥) 		冥 冥

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 冥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫經切
Baxter meng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/meŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/meŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/meŋ/
Wang
Li 		/mieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ming4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 冥
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		míng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ meng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁeŋ/
English dark

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 冥
Reading # 1/1
No. 9197
Phonetic
component 		冥
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		冥
Old
Chinese 		/*meːŋ/

Adjective

冥冥

  1. (literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥 冥
めい
Grade: S 		めい
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
冥々

Pronunciation

Adjective

冥(めい)冥(めい) • (meimei) †-tari (adnominal 冥(めい)冥(めい)とした (meimei to shita) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)たる (meimei taru), adverbial 冥(めい)冥(めい)と (meimei to) or 冥(めい)冥(めい)として (meimei to shite))

  1. dark, dim
  2. unclear (situation, prospects)

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "冥冥たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 冥冥たら めいめいたら meimeitara
Continuative (連用形) 冥冥と
冥冥たり		 めいめいと
めいめいたり		 meimeito
meimeitari
Terminal (終止形) 冥冥たり めいめいたり meimeitari
Attributive (連体形) 冥冥たる めいめいたる meimeitaru
Realis (已然形) 冥冥たれ めいめいたれ meimeitare
Imperative (命令形) 冥冥たれ めいめいたれ meimeitare
Key constructions
Negative 冥冥たらず めいめいたらず meimeitarazu
Contrasting conjunction 冥冥たれど めいめいたれど meimeitaredo
Causal conjunction 冥冥たれば めいめいたれば meimeitareba
Conditional conjunction 冥冥たらば めいめいたらば meimeitaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 冥冥たりき めいめいたりき meimeitariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 冥冥たりけり めいめいたりけり meimeitarikeri
Adverbial 冥冥と めいめいと meimeito
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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