發明

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See also: 発明 and 发明

Chinese

 
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (發明) 發 明
simp. (发明) 发 明

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 發 明
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 月 (68) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 方伐切 武兵切
Baxter pjot mjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʉɐt̚/ /mˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʷiɐt̚/ /mᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuɐt̚/ /miaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puat̚/ /miajŋ/
Li
Rong 		/piuɐt̚/ /miɐŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pĭwɐt̚/ /mĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pi̯wɐt̚/ /mi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fa míng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faat3 ming4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 發 明
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fā míng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjot › ‹ mjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.pat/ /*mraŋ/
English fly forth, send forth bright

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 發 明
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 164 9188
Phonetic
component 		癹 明
Rime
group 		月 陽
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		髮 明
Old
Chinese 		/*pad/ /*mraŋ/

Verb

發明

  1. to invent
    中國人發明了指南針、火藥、造紙和印刷術，這些被稱為中國四大發明。 [MSC, trad.]
    中国人发明了指南针、火药、造纸和印刷术，这些被称为中国四大发明。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguórén fāmíng le zhǐnánzhēn, huǒyào, zàozhǐ hé yìnshuāshù, zhèxiē bèi chēngwéi Zhōngguó Sì Dà Fāmíng.
    The Chinese invented the compass, gunpowder, papermaking and printing. They are known as the Four Great Chinese Inventions.
  2. to expound
  3. (Classical) to enlighten; to inspire
  4. (Classical) to show; to prove
  5. (Korean Classical Chinese) to make excuses; to claim an alibi; to lie

Noun

發明

  1. invention (Classifier: 個／个 m; 項／项 m)
  2. (mythology) a kind of legendary bird from the east
    See also: 鷦明, 鷫鷞, 幽昌

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (發明):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
發 明
はつ
Hyōgaiji 		めい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

發(はつ)明(めい) • (hatsumei) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 発明 (“invention”)

Verb

發(はつ)明(めい)する • (hatsumei suru) suru (stem 發(はつ)明(めい)し (hatsumei shi), past 發(はつ)明(めい)した (hatsumei shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 発明 (“to invent”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "發明する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 發明し はつめいし hatsumei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 發明し はつめいし hatsumei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 發明する はつめいする hatsumei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 發明する はつめいする hatsumei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 發明すれ はつめいすれ hatsumei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 發明せよ¹
發明しろ² 		はつめいせよ¹
はつめいしろ² 		hatsumei seyo¹
hatsumei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 發明される はつめいされる hatsumei sareru
Causative 發明させる
發明さす 		はつめいさせる
はつめいさす 		hatsumei saseru
hatsumei sasu
Potential 發明できる はつめいできる hatsumei dekiru
Volitional 發明しよう はつめいしよう hatsumei shiyō
Negative 發明しない はつめいしない hatsumei shinai
Negative continuative 發明せず はつめいせず hatsumei sezu
Formal 發明します はつめいします hatsumei shimasu
Perfective 發明した はつめいした hatsumei shita
Conjunctive 發明して はつめいして hatsumei shite
Hypothetical conditional 發明すれば はつめいすれば hatsumei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
發明

Noun

發明 • (balmyeong) (hangeul 발명)

  1. Hanja form? of 발명 (“invention; (archaic) elucidation, explanation; excuse”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
發明

Noun

發明

  1. chữ Hán form of phát minh (“invention”).

Verb

發明

  1. chữ Hán form of phát minh (“to invent”).
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