明星
Chinese edit
clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty |
star; satellite; small amount | ||
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simp. and trad. (明星) |
明 | 星 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
明星
Synonyms edit
- (celebrity):
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (明星):
See also edit
References edit
- “Entry #4238”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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明 | 星 |
みょう Grade: 2 |
しょう > じょう Grade: 2 |
goon |
/mjauzjau/ → /mjɔːzjɔː/ → /mjoːd͡ʑoː/
From Middle Chinese 明星 (MC mjaeng seng).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
明星 • (myōjō) ←みやうじやう (myauzyau)?
- (astronomy) a bright star, especially Venus as the morning star or evening star
- (figurative) an extraordinarily popular or otherwise outstanding person, such as someone of notable talent or virtue
Derived terms edit
- 明けの明星 (ake no myōjō): literally, “bright star of the dawn”: the morning star, Venus
- 宵の明星 (yoi no myōjō): literally, “bright star of the evening”: the evening star, Venus
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: miojo
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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明 | 星 |
あか Grade: 2 |
ほし > ぼし Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 明星 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 明星, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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明 | 星 |
Noun edit
明星
- chữ Hán form of minh tinh (“movie star”).