姓名

Chinese

		surname; family name; name	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
simp. and trad. (姓名)		姓	名
anagram		名姓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siang-miàng
• Min Dong (BUC): séng-mìng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ-miâ / sèⁿ-miâ / sèng-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên³ mian⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): xin min (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqming
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngmíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: sing³ ming⁴
    • Yale: sing mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ mɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 姓名 聖明／圣明

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siang-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiang miangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiang⁴ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯aŋ⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séng-mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: sìnn-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviemiaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕĩ²¹⁻⁵³ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèⁿ-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: sènn-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sveamiaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sẽ²¹⁻⁴¹ miã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃²¹⁻⁵³ miã¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɪŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên³ mian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sèⁿ miâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mĩã⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xin min (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ³³ mɪɲ⁴⁴/

Noun

姓名

1. full name (of a person)

Synonyms

• (literary or Min Nan, Hakka) 名姓 (míngxìng)
• 名字 (míngzi)
• 全名 (quánmíng)

Derived terms

• 姓名牌 (xìngmíngpái)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
姓	名
せい Grade: S	めい Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC siᴇŋ^H miᴇŋ, literally “surname, clan name + name, given name”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing. Compare modern Min Nan reading sèⁿ-miâ.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せ​ーめー [séꜜèmèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

姓名(せいめい) • (seimei)

1. full name (of a person)

   Synonym: 氏名 (shimei)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
姓	名
しょう Grade: S	みょう Grade: 1
on’yomi

/siaumiau/ → /ɕjɔːmjɔː/ → /ɕoːmjoː/

From Middle Chinese 姓名 (MC siᴇŋ^H miᴇŋ, literally “surname, clan name + name, given name”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare modern Hakka reading siang-miàng.

Rare in modern Japanese. Largely superseded by the seimei reading above.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) しょ​ーみょー [shóꜜòmyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːmʲo̞ː]

Noun

姓名(しょうみょう) • (shōmyō) (historical hiragana しやうみやう)

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) full name (of a person)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
姓	名
かばね Grade: S	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 姓 (kabane, “clan”) +‎ 名 (na, “name”).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ba̠ne̞na̠]

Noun

姓名(かばねな) • (kabanena)

1. (rare, possibly obsolete) clan name, surname

   Synonym: 姓 (kabane)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
姓	名

Noun

姓名 • (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)

1. Hanja form^? of 성명 (“full name (of a person)”).