功名

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (功名)		功	名
simp. #(功名)		功	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-miàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ mian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongmíng
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-ming²
    • Yale: gūng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongming
    • Palladius: гунмин (gunmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: gūng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: kong-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ mian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong miâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ mĩã⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kuwng mjieng

Rime
Character	功	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古紅切	武并切
Baxter	kuwng	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung1	ming4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤoŋ  C.meŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*koːŋ  meŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	功	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwng ›	‹ mjieng ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁoŋ/	/*C.meŋ/
English	work, effort	name
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	功	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4021	9178
Phonetic component	工	名
Rime group	東	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	公	名
Old Chinese	/*koːŋ/	/*meŋ/

Noun

功名

1. accomplishment and fame; achievements and reputation
2. (archaic) social status of a scholar or official

Derived terms

• 功名利祿／功名利禄 (gōngmínglìlù)
• 功名富貴／功名富贵 (gōngmíng fùguì)
• 功名心
• 功名蹭蹬
• 富貴功名／富贵功名
• 異路功名／异路功名
• 白首為功名／白首为功名
• 立功名
• 蝸角功名／蜗角功名

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
功	名
こう Grade: 4	みょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

功(こう)名(みょう) • (kōmyō) 

1. great achievement

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
功	名

Noun

功名

1. chữ Hán form of công danh (“position and fame”).