名狀

See also: 名状

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	accusation; suit; state accusation; suit; state; condition; strong; great
trad. (名狀)		名	狀
simp. (名状)		名	状

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngzhuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhuàng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chuang⁴
    • Yale: míng-jwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjuanq
    • Palladius: минчжуан (minčžuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zong⁶
    • Yale: mìhng johng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ zong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²²/

Verb

名狀

1. to give an account in words; to report; to account; to describe
   • c. 1592, Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West:

     那廝乃花果山產的一妖猴，罪惡滔天，不可名狀。 [MSC, trad.]
     那厮乃花果山产的一妖猴，罪恶滔天，不可名状。 [MSC, simp.]

     Nàsī nǎi Huāguǒshān chǎn de yī yāohóu, zuì'è tāotiān, bùkě míngzhuàng. [Pinyin]

     That guy is a demonic monkey born in Mount Huaguo, committed heinous crimes, which are indescribable.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名狀):

• → Japanese: 名(めい)状(じょう) (meijō)
• → Korean: 명상(名狀) (myeongsang)

Korean

Hanja in this term
名	狀

Noun

名狀 • (myeongsang) (hangeul 명상)

1. Hanja form^? of 명상 (“name and shape; giving an account in the words”).