名義

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See also: 名义

Chinese

 
name; fame; to describe
name; fame; to describe; place
 justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (名義) 名 義
simp. (名义) 名 义

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 名 義
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 武并切 宜寄切
Baxter mjieng ngjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇŋ/ /ŋˠiᴇH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛŋ/ /ŋᵚiɛH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miæŋ/ /ŋiɛH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/miajŋ/ /ŋjiə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/miɛŋ/ /ŋjeH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛŋ/ /ŋǐeH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛŋ/ /ŋie̯H/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		míng yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ming4 ji6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 名 義
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		míng yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjieng › ‹ ngjeH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.meŋ/ /*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English name duty; justice

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 名 義
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9178 13045
Phonetic
component 		名 我
Rime
group 		耕 歌
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		名 議
Old
Chinese 		/*meŋ/ /*ŋrals/

Noun

名義

  1. name; title (especially in the expression “in the name of”)
    以革命的名義／以革命的名义  ―  yǐ gémìng de míngyì  ―  in the name of revolution
  2. form; appearance; ostensible purpose
    名義上／名义上  ―  míngyì shàng  ―  nominal(ly)
  3. (Classical) fame and justice

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名義):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名 義
めい
Grade: 1 		ぎ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

名(めい)義(ぎ) • (meigi) 

  1. name
    ○○名(めい)義(ぎ)で活躍中(かつやくちゅう)
    ○○ meigi de katsuyakuchū
    active under the name X

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
名義

Noun

名義 • (myeong'ui) (hangeul 명의)

  1. Hanja form? of 명의 (“name”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
名義

Noun

名義

  1. chữ Hán form of danh nghĩa (“in the name of; title”).
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