聲名

Chinese

		sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (聲名)		聲	名
simp. (声名)		声	名
anagram		名聲／名声

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): seng-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shengmíng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ming²
    • Yale: shēng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengming
    • Palladius: шэнмин (šɛnmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sing¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: sīng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sing-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengbeeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: syeng mjieng

Rime
Character	聲	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	書盈切	武并切
Baxter	syeng	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇŋ/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiæŋ/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajŋ/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛŋ/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛŋ/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēng	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing1	ming4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥]eŋ  C.meŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰjeŋ  meŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	聲	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēng	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ syeng ›	‹ mjieng ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥]eŋ/	/*C.meŋ/
English	sound (n.)	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	聲	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10514	9178
Phonetic component	殸	名
Rime group	耕	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	聲	名
Old Chinese	/*qʰjeŋ/	/*meŋ/

Noun

聲名

1. reputation; fame; name

Synonyms

• 信譽／信誉 (xìnyù) (trustworthiness and reputation)
• 名望 (míngwàng)
• 名氣／名气 (míngqì)
• 名聲／名声 (míngshēng)
• 名色 (míngsè) (literary or Xiamen Hokkien)
• 名譽／名誉 (míngyù)
• 名頭／名头 (mian⁵ tao⁵) (Teochew, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 威信 (wēixìn)
• 威望 (wēiwàng)
• 榮譽／荣誉 (róngyù) (honorable reputation)
• 權威／权威 (quánwēi)
• 牌匾 (páibiǎn) (figurative)
• 盛名 (shèngmíng)
• 美名 (měimíng) (good name)
• 美譽／美誉 (měiyù) (good name)
• 羽毛 (yǔmáo) (literary, figurative)
• 聲望／声望 (shēngwàng)
• 聲譽／声誉 (shēngyù)
• 英名 (yīngmíng) (illustrious name)
• 高名 (gāomíng) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 聲名大噪／声名大噪 (shēngmíngdàzào)
• 聲名狼藉／声名狼藉 (shēngmínglángjí)
• 聲名遠播／声名远播
• 聲名鵲起／声名鹊起 (shēngmíngquèqǐ)