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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ min^ˇ
  - 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

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)

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