明明

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (明明)		明	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ming⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-mìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngmíng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-ming²
    • Yale: míng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingming
    • Palladius: минмин (minmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: mìhng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² min²
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁵ mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ meŋ⁵⁵/

Adverb

明明

1. obviously; plainly; clearly; also often used in an "even though"-type sentence

   他明明那麼普通卻又那麼自信。 [MSC, trad.]
   他明明那么普通却又那么自信。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā míngmíng nàme pǔtōng què yòu nàme zìxìn. [Pinyin]

   He's clearly so ordinary, and yet so confident.

   明明是放在這裏的 [MSC, trad.]
   明明是放在这里的 [MSC, simp.]

   míngmíng shì fàng zài zhèlǐ de [Pinyin]

   [even though] I'm sure I put it here

Synonyms

• 分明 (fēnmíng)
• 現現／现现 (Hokkien)
• 顯然／显然 (xiǎnrán)
• 顯而易見／显而易见 (xiǎn'éryìjiàn)