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Chinese
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clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty |
pearl; bead
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simp. and trad.
(明珠)
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明
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珠
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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明
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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míng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjæng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mraŋ/
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| English
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bright
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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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明
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珠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9188
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17568
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Phonetic
component
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明
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朱
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Rime
group
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陽
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侯
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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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明
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朱
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Old
Chinese
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/*mraŋ/
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/*tjo/
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Noun
明珠
- (literally) shiny pearl
- (figurative) treasured person or thing; jewel; pearl
- (archaic, Taoism) eye; eyes
Synonyms
- 正珠 (Puxian Min)
- 珍珠 (zhēnzhū)
- 珠仔 (Hakka)
- 珠子 (zhūzi)
- 珠璣 / 珠玑 (zhūjī)
- (treasured person or thing): 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
Derived terms
Descendants