昭明

Chinese

		illustrious; manifest	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (昭明)		昭	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāomíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāomíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhaomíng
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹-ming²
    • Yale: jāu-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jauming
    • Palladius: чжаомин (čžaomin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: chīu mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Adjective

昭明

1. (literary) shining and bright

Proper noun

昭明

1. (historical) (～街道) Zhaoming (a subdistrict of Xiangcheng district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)