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Chinese
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name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
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reputation
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trad. (名譽)
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名
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譽
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simp. (名誉)
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名
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誉
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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名
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譽
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Reading #
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1/1
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3/3
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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míng
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yù
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Middle Chinese
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‹ mjieng ›
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‹ yoH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.meŋ/
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/*m-q(r)a-s/
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English
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name
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praise, renown
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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名
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譽
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Reading #
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1/1
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2/2
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No.
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9178
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15906
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Phonetic component
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名
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舁
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Rime group
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耕
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魚
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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名
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豫
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Old Chinese
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/*meŋ/
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/*las/
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Noun
名譽
- fame; reputation
Synonyms
- 信譽/信誉 (xìnyù) (trustworthiness and reputation)
- 名望 (míngwàng)
- 名氣/名气 (míngqì)
- 名聲/名声 (míngshēng)
- 名色 (míngsè) (literary or Xiamen Hokkien)
- 名頭/名头 (mian5 tao5) (Teochew, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 威信 (wēixìn)
- 威望 (wēiwàng)
- 榮譽/荣誉 (róngyù) (honorable reputation)
- 權威/权威 (quánwēi)
- 牌匾 (páibiǎn) (figurative)
- 盛名 (shèngmíng)
- 美名 (měimíng) (good name)
- 美譽/美誉 (měiyù) (good name)
- 羽毛 (yǔmáo) (literary, figurative)
- 聲名/声名 (shēngmíng)
- 聲望/声望 (shēngwàng)
- 聲譽/声誉 (shēngyù)
- 英名 (yīngmíng) (illustrious name)
- 高名 (gāomíng) (literary)
Derived terms
Adjective
名譽
- honorable
可你以為象這樣弄來的錢是名譽的麼? [MSC, trad.]
可你以为象这样弄来的钱是名誉的么? [MSC, simp.]- From: 1936, Cao Yu, 《日出》
- Kě nǐ yǐwèi xiàng zhèyàng nònglái de qián shì míngyù de me?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
你們正爲着全國的老百姓,喊出了嘹亮的正義呼聲,受了極名譽的傷,剛從那病院裏出來 [MSC, trad.]
你们正为着全国的老百姓,喊出了嘹亮的正义呼声,受了极名誉的伤,刚从那病院里出来 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1947, 《慰勞歌》, in 國立中山大學學生工作委員會 (chief ed.), 《血債——「五·卅一」紀念手册》, page 87
- nǐmen zhèng wèizhuó quánguó de lǎobǎixìng, hǎnchū le liáoliàng de zhèngyì hūshēng, shòu le jí míngyù de shāng, gāng cóng nà bìngyuàn lǐ chūlái
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (attributive) honorary (of chairperson, president, etc.); emeritus (of professor)
- 名譽博士/名誉博士 ― míngyù bóshì ― honorary doctor
Synonyms
- 光彩 (guāngcǎi)
- 光榮/光荣 (guāngróng)
- 光耀 (guāngyào)
- 好聽/好听 (hǎotīng)
- 榮光/荣光 (róngguāng)
- 榮耀/荣耀 (róngyào)
- 風光/风光 (fēngguang) (figurative, colloquial)
- 體面/体面 (tǐmiàn)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “honorable”):
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 名譽 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 名譽, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
名譽 • (myeong'ye) (hangeul 명예)
- hanja form? of 명예 (“honor”)
Vietnamese
Noun
名譽
- chữ Hán form of danh dự (“honor”).