溟濛

Chinese

		drizzle; sea	drizzle; mist
trad. (溟濛/溟蒙)		溟	濛/蒙
simp. (溟蒙)		溟	蒙
alternative forms		冥蒙 冥濛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ mung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngméng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-mêng²
    • Yale: míng-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmeng
    • Palladius: минмэн (minmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ mung⁴
    • Yale: mìhng mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: meng muwng

Rime
Character	溟	濛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	莫經切	莫紅切
Baxter	meng	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/	/muŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋ/	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	mung4

Adjective

溟濛

1. misty; drizzly
2. dim; gloomy
3. (literary, figurative) hazy; obscure

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
溟	濛

Adjective

溟濛

1. Nôm form of mênh mông (“vast; immense; extensive; boundless”).