See also: 発明 and 发明

Chinese edit

 
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)
simp. (发明)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (4)
Final () (68) (111)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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. *[t] 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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 164 9188
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*pad/ /*mraŋ/

Verb edit

發明

  1. to invent
    中國人發明指南針火藥造紙印刷術這些稱為中國發明。 [MSC, trad.]
    中国人发明指南针火药造纸印刷术这些称为中国发明。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguórén fāmíng le zhǐnánzhēn, huǒyào, zàozhǐ hé yìnshuāshù, zhèxiē bèi chēngwéi Zhōngguó Sì Dà Fāmíng. [Pinyin]
    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 edit

發明

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (發明):

Japanese edit

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

Noun edit

(はつ)(めい) (hatsumei

  1. Kyūjitai form of 発明 (invention)

Verb edit

(はつ)(めい)する (hatsumei surusuru (stem (はつ)(めい) (hatsumei shi), past (はつ)(めい)した (hatsumei shita))

  1. Kyūjitai form of 発明 (to invent)

Conjugation edit

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

發明 (balmyeong) (hangeul 발명)

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

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

發明

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

Verb edit

發明

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