名存實亡

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Chinese

name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 
exist; deposit; store
exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
 
real; true; honest
real; true; honest; really; solid
 
to die; to perish
trad. (名存實亡)
simp. (名存实亡)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (15) (27) (4)
Final () (121) (55) (48) (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open Closed
Division () III I III III
Fanqie
Baxter mjieng dzwon zyit mjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miᴇŋ/ /d͡zuən/ /ʑiɪt̚/ /mʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/miɛŋ/ /d͡zuon/ /ʑit̚/ /mʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miæŋ/ /d͡zuən/ /ʑjet̚/ /miuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/miajŋ/ /d͡zwən/ /ʑit̚/ /muaŋ/
Li
Rong
/miɛŋ/ /d͡zuən/ /d͡ʑiĕt̚/ /miuaŋ/
Wang
Li
/mĭɛŋ/ /d͡zuən/ /d͡ʑĭĕt̚/ /mĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ɛŋ/ /d͡zʱuən/ /d͡ʑʰi̯ĕt̚/ /miwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
míng cún shí wáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ming4 cyun4 sat6 mong4

Idiom

名存實亡

  1. to remain existing in name but no longer in reality; now nominal

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