阿明

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (阿明)		阿	明

Formerly a common Chinese male name.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-bêng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: a-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: a'beeng
    • IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² beŋ²⁴/

Noun

阿明

1. (Singapore and Malaysian Hokkien, slang, derogatory) A young ethnic Chinese man, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.

Synonyms

• 阿成 (a-sêng)
• (female equivalent) 阿蓮／阿莲 (a-liân), 阿花 (a-hoe)

Descendants

• → English: Ah Beng

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿明)		阿	明

From Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Āmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Āmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Amíng
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-ming²
    • Yale: Ā-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aming
    • Palladius: Амин (Amin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ ming⁴
    • Yale: a mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ mɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

阿明

1. A transliteration of the Arabic male given name أَمِين (ʔamīn)