| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 明 | 明 | Míng | - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) - surname Ming - Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 明 | 明 | míng | - bright - opposite: dark 暗[an4] - (of meaning) clear - to understand - next - public or open - wise - generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 三明 | 三明 | Sānmíng | - Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian |
| 不明 | 不明 | bùmíng | - not clear - unknown - to fail to understand |
| 光明 | 光明 | guāngmíng | - light - illumination - radiance (esp. glory of Buddha etc) - fig. bright prospects - openhearted |
| 分明 | 分明 | fēnmíng | - clear - distinct - evidently - clearly |
| 列明 | 列明 | lièmíng | - to list - to specify |
| 判明 | 判明 | pànmíng | - to distinguish - to ascertain |
| 南明 | 南明 | Nánmíng | - Nanming district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou |
| 启明 | 啟明 | Qǐmíng | - classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn |
| 严明 | 嚴明 | yánmíng | - strict and impartial - firm |
| 坚明 | 堅明 | jiānmíng | - to consolidate and clarify |
| 天明 | 天明 | tiānmíng | - dawn - daybreak |
| 失明 | 失明 | shīmíng | - to lose one's eyesight - to become blind - blindness |
| 姚明 | 姚明 | YáoMíng | - Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011 |
| 孔明 | 孔明 | Kǒngmíng | - name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 |
| 宁明 | 寧明 | Níngmíng | - Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| 崇明 | 崇明 | Chóngmíng | - Chongming island county, Shanghai |
| 嵩明 | 嵩明 | Sōngmíng | - Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan |
| 幽明 | 幽明 | yōumíng | - the hidden and the visible - that which can be seen and that which cannot - darkness and light - night and day - wisdom and ignorance - evil and good - the living and the dead - men and ghosts |
| 彰明 | 彰明 | zhāngmíng | - to show clearly - to make public - obvious |
| 微明 | 微明 | wēimíng | - twilight |
| 思明 | 思明 | Sīmíng | - Siming district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian |
| 指明 | 指明 | zhǐmíng | - to show clearly - to designate - to indicate |
| 挑明 | 挑明 | tiǎomíng | - to illuminate - to open up (a topic) |
| 探明 | 探明 | tànmíng | - to ascertain - to verify |
| 摆明 | 擺明 | bǎimíng | - to show clearly |
| 叙明 | 敘明 | xùmíng | - detailed accounting |
| 文明 | 文明 | wénmíng | - civilized - civilization - culture - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 昆明 | 昆明 | Kūnmíng | - Kunming prefecture level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China |
| 昌明 | 昌明 | chāngmíng | - flourishing - thriving |
| 明了 | 明了 | míngliǎo | - to understand clearly - to be clear about - plain - clear - also written 明瞭|明了[ming2 liao3] |
| 明亮 | 明亮 | míngliàng | - bright - shining - glittering - to become clear |
| 明仁 | 明仁 | Míngrén | - Akihito, Emperor of Japan (reigned from 1989 under the reign name Heisei 平成) |
| 明代 | 明代 | Míngdài | - the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明令 | 明令 | mínglìng | - to decree |
| 明光 | 明光 | Míngguāng | - Mingguang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 明儿 | 明兒 | míngr | - (coll.) tomorrow - one of these days - some day |
| 明初 | 明初 | Míngchū | - the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century) |
| 明史 | 明史 | Míngshǐ | - History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls |
| 明和 | 明和 | Mínghé | - Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan - Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772) - Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools) |
| 明喻 | 明喻 | míngyù | - simile |
| 明报 | 明報 | MíngBào | - Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) |
| 明天 | 明天 | míngtiān | - tomorrow |
| 明媚 | 明媚 | míngmèi | - bright and beautiful |
| 明子 | 明子 | míngzi | - see 松明[song1 ming2] |
| 明察 | 明察 | míngchá | - to note clearly - to perceive |
| 明山 | 明山 | Míngshān | - Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明年 | 明年 | míngnián | - next year |
| 明德 | 明德 | Míngdé | - highest virtue - illustrious virtue - Middlebury (College) |
| 明慧 | 明慧 | mínghuì | - intelligent - brilliant |
| 明手 | 明手 | míngshǒu | - dummy (in bridge) |
| 明教 | 明教 | Míngjiào | - Manicheism - same as 摩尼教 |
| 明文 | 明文 | míngwén | - to state in writing (laws, rules etc) |
| 明日 | 明日 | míngrì | - tomorrow |
| 明早 | 明早 | míngzǎo | - tomorrow morning - tomorrow |
| 明明 | 明明 | míngmíng | - obviously - plainly - undoubtedly - definitely |
| 明星 | 明星 | míngxīng | - star - celebrity |
| 明晰 | 明晰 | míngxī | - clarity - lucid |
| 明智 | 明智 | míngzhì | - sensible - wise - judicious - sagacious |
| 明月 | 明月 | míngyuè | - bright moon - refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark - CL:輪|轮[lun2] |
| 明朗 | 明朗 | mínglǎng | - bright - clear - obvious - forthright - open-minded - bright and cheerful |
| 明朝 | 明朝 | Míngcháo | - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明朝 | 明朝 | míngzhāo | - tomorrow morning - the following morning |
| 明末 | 明末 | Míngmò | - late Ming - first half of the 17th century |
| 明杖 | 明杖 | míngzhàng | - white cane (used by the blind) |
| 明水 | 明水 | Míngshuǐ | - Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明治 | 明治 | Míngzhì | - Meiji (Japanese reign name 1868-1912) |
| 明净 | 明淨 | míngjìng | - bright and clean - luminous |
| 明清 | 明清 | MíngQīng | - the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties |
| 明溪 | 明溪 | Míngxī | - Mingxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian |
| 明灭 | 明滅 | míngmiè | - to flicker - to flash on and off - to brighten and fade |
| 明澈 | 明澈 | míngchè | - clear - limpid |
| 明火 | 明火 | mínghuǒ | - flame - open fire |
| 明珠 | 明珠 | míngzhū | - pearl - jewel (of great value) |
| 明理 | 明理 | mínglǐ | - sensible - reasonable - an obvious reason, truth or fact - to understand the reason or reasoning |
| 明白 | 明白 | míngbai | - clear - obvious - unequivocal - to understand - to realize |
| 明皎 | 明皎 | míngjiǎo | - clear and bright |
| 明了 | 明瞭 | míngliǎo | - to understand clearly - to be clear about - plain - clear |
| 明知 | 明知 | míngzhī | - to be fully aware of - to know perfectly well |
| 明确 | 明確 | míngquè | - clear-cut - definite - explicit - to clarify - to specify - to make definite |
| 明矾 | 明礬 | míngfán | - alum |
| 明示 | 明示 | míngshì | - to state explicitly - to clearly indicate |
| 明细 | 明細 | míngxì | - clear and detailed - definite - details (are as follows:) |
| 明胶 | 明膠 | míngjiāo | - gelatin |
| 明处 | 明處 | míngchù | - clear place - out in the open |
| 明虾 | 明蝦 | míngxiā | - prawn |
| 明言 | 明言 | míngyán | - to say clearly - to argue clearly - to pronounce - pronounced |
| 明订 | 明訂 | míngdìng | - to stipulate - to state expressly - to explicitly provide for |
| 明证 | 明證 | míngzhèng | - clear proof |
| 明辨 | 明辨 | míngbiàn | - to discern - to distinguish clearly |
| 明达 | 明達 | míngdá | - reasonable - of good judgement |
| 明邃 | 明邃 | míngsuì | - glistening and piercing |
| 明镜 | 明鏡 | Míngjìng | - Der Spiegel |
| 明镜 | 明鏡 | míngjìng | - mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight) |
| 明显 | 明顯 | míngxiǎn | - clear - distinct - obvious |
| 明体 | 明體 | míngtǐ | - Mincho - Song font |
| 明丽 | 明麗 | mínglì | - bright and beautiful - (of a landscape) gorgeous - (of a color) vibrant |
| 晶明 | 晶明 | jīngmíng | - bright - shiny |
| 东明 | 東明 | Dōngmíng | - Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| 松明 | 松明 | sōngmíng | - pine torch |
| 查明 | 查明 | chámíng | - to investigate and find out - to ascertain |
| 标明 | 標明 | biāomíng | - to mark - to indicate |
| 决明 | 決明 | juémíng | - (botany) cassia |
| 注明 | 注明 | zhùmíng | - to clearly indicate |
| 流明 | 流明 | liúmíng | - lumen (unit of light flux) |
| 清明 | 清明 | Qīngmíng | - Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 5th-19th April - Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) |
| 清明 | 清明 | qīngmíng | - clear and bright - sober and calm - (of a government or administration) well ordered |
| 无明 | 無明 | wúmíng | - avidyā (Buddhism) - ignorance - delusion |
| 照明 | 照明 | zhàomíng | - lighting - illumination |
| 王明 | 王明 | WángMíng | - Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956 |
| 申明 | 申明 | shēnmíng | - to declare - to aver - to state formally |
| 发明 | 發明 | fāmíng | - to invent - invention - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 神明 | 神明 | shénmíng | - deities - gods |
| 简明 | 簡明 | jiǎnmíng | - simple and clear - concise |
| 精明 | 精明 | jīngmíng | - astute - shrewd |
| 圣明 | 聖明 | shèngmíng | - enlightened sage - brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) |
| 聪明 | 聰明 | cōngming | - acute (of sight and hearing) - clever - intelligent - bright - smart |
| 声明 | 聲明 | shēngmíng | - to state - to declare - statement - declaration - CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4] |
| 英明 | 英明 | yīngmíng | - wise - brilliant |
| 薄明 | 薄明 | bómíng | - dim light - early dawn |
| 表明 | 表明 | biǎomíng | - to make clear - to make known - to state clearly - to indicate - known |
| 言明 | 言明 | yánmíng | - to state clearly |
| 订明 | 訂明 | dìngmíng | - to stipulate - to state expressly - to explicitly provide for |
| 认明 | 認明 | rènmíng | - to identify - to authenticate |
| 说明 | 說明 | shuōmíng | - to explain - to illustrate - to indicate - to show - to prove - explanation - directions - caption - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 讲明 | 講明 | jiǎngmíng | - to explain |
| 证明 | 證明 | zhèngmíng | - proof - certificate - identification - testimonial - CL:個|个[ge4] - to prove - to testify - to confirm the truth of |
| 贤明 | 賢明 | xiánmíng | - wise and capable - sagacious |
| 质明 | 質明 | zhìmíng | - at dawn |
| 载明 | 載明 | zǎimíng | - to state explicitly in writing - to specify - to stipulate |
| 辨明 | 辨明 | biànmíng | - to clarify - to distinguish - to elucidate |
| 辩明 | 辯明 | biànmíng | - to explain clearly - to elucidate |
| 透明 | 透明 | tòumíng | - transparent - open (non-secretive) |
| 通明 | 通明 | tōngmíng | - brightly lit |
| 金明 | 金明 | Jīnmíng | - Jinming district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan |
| 开明 | 開明 | kāimíng | - enlightened - open-minded - enlightenment |
| 阐明 | 闡明 | chǎnmíng | - to elucidate - to explain clearly - to expound |
| 阿明 | 阿明 | Āmíng | - Al-Amin |
| 阳明 | 陽明 | Yángmíng | - Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| 显明 | 顯明 | xiǎnmíng | - to reveal, make known |
| 验明 | 驗明 | yànmíng | - to check and make clear - to ascertain - to verify sb's identity |
| 高明 | 高明 | Gāomíng | - Gaoming district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong |
| 高明 | 高明 | gāomíng | - brilliant - superior - tall and bright |
| 鲜明 | 鮮明 | xiānmíng | - bright - clear-cut - distinct |
| 黎明 | 黎明 | límíng | - dawn - daybreak |
| 点明 | 點明 | diǎnmíng | - to point out |
| 三明市 | 三明市 | Sānmíngshì | - Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian |
| 三明治 | 三明治 | sānmíngzhì | - sandwich (loanword) - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 不明确 | 不明確 | bùmíngquè | - indefinite - unclear |
| 不透明 | 不透明 | bùtòumíng | - opaque |
| 伏明霞 | 伏明霞 | FúMíngxiá | - Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion |
| 伯明翰 | 伯明翰 | Bómínghàn | - Birmingham |
| 光明星 | 光明星 | guāngmíngxīng | - bright star - name of North Korean space satellite |
| 光明节 | 光明節 | Guāngmíngjié | - Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) - also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡 |
| 半透明 | 半透明 | bàntòumíng | - translucent - semitransparent |
| 南明区 | 南明區 | Nánmíngqū | - Nanming district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou |
| 古文明 | 古文明 | gǔwénmíng | - ancient civilization |
| 史思明 | 史思明 | ShǐSīmíng | - Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] against the Tang dynasty |
| 吴天明 | 吳天明 | WúTiānmíng | - Wu Tianming (1939-), PRC film director |
| 唐明皇 | 唐明皇 | TángMínghuáng | - Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], reigned 712-756 |
| 启明星 | 啟明星 | qǐmíngxīng | - (astronomy) Venus |
| 圆明园 | 圓明園 | Yuánmíngyuán | - Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 |
| 大明历 | 大明曆 | Dàmínglì | - the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 |
| 大明湖 | 大明湖 | DàmíngHú | - Daming Lake in Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong |
| 大明虾 | 大明蝦 | dàmíngxiā | - king prawn |
| 宁明县 | 寧明縣 | Níngmíngxiàn | - Ningming county in Chongzuo 崇左[Chong2 zuo3], Guangxi |
| 小聪明 | 小聰明 | xiǎocōngming | - clever-clever - clever in trivial matters - sharp but petty-minded |
| 崇明岛 | 崇明島 | ChóngmíngDǎo | - Chongming Island |
| 崇明县 | 崇明縣 | Chóngmíngxiàn | - Chongming island county, Shanghai |
| 崔明慧 | 崔明慧 | CuīMínghuì | - Christine Choy (1964-), Chinese-American film director |
| 嵩明县 | 嵩明縣 | Sōngmíngxiàn | - Songming county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan |
| 左丘明 | 左丘明 | ZuǒQiūmíng | - Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed |
| 弄明白 | 弄明白 | nòngmíngbai | - to figure out how to do something |
| 思明区 | 思明區 | Sīmíngqū | - Siming district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[Xia4 men2 shi4] (Amoy), Fujian |
| 怀俄明 | 懷俄明 | Huáiémíng | - Wyoming, US state |
| 文征明 | 文徵明 | WénZhēngmíng | - Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
| 文明化 | 文明化 | wénmínghuà | - civilize |
| 文明病 | 文明病 | wénmíngbìng | - lifestyle diseases |
| 施明德 | 施明德 | ShīMíngdé | - Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] |
| 昆明市 | 昆明市 | Kūnmíngshì | - Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China |
| 昆明湖 | 昆明湖 | KūnmíngHú | - Kunming Lake |
| 明仁宗 | 明仁宗 | MíngRénzōng | - Ming Renzong, Temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] |
| 明信片 | 明信片 | míngxìnpiàn | - postcard |
| 明光市 | 明光市 | Míngguāngshì | - Mingguang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州[Chu2 zhou1], Anhui |
| 明光度 | 明光度 | míngguāngdù | - luminosity |
| 明光蓝 | 明光藍 | míngguānglán | - lavender blue |
| 明儿个 | 明兒個 | míngrge | - (coll.) tomorrow |
| 明古鲁 | 明古魯 | Mínggǔlǔ | - Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明天启 | 明天啟 | MíngTiānqǐ | - Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1] |
| 明天见 | 明天見 | míngtiānjiàn | - see you tomorrow |
| 明太祖 | 明太祖 | MíngTàizǔ | - Ming Taizu, Temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] |
| 明孝陵 | 明孝陵 | Míngxiàolíng | - Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site |
| 明宣宗 | 明宣宗 | MíngXuānzōng | - Temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[Xuan1 de2] |
| 明实录 | 明實錄 | míngshílù | - annals of the Ming Dynasty 明朝[Ming2 chao2] (1368-1644) |
| 明山区 | 明山區 | Míngshānqū | - Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明德镇 | 明德鎮 | Míngdézhèn | - Middlebury (name of town in Vermont) |
| 明成祖 | 明成祖 | MíngChéngzǔ | - Ming Chengzu, Temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4] |
| 明摆着 | 明擺著 | míngbǎizhe | - evident - clear - undoubted |
| 明斯克 | 明斯克 | Míngsīkè | - Minsk, capital of Belarus |
| 明晃晃 | 明晃晃 | mínghuǎnghuǎng | - shining - bright |
| 明朝体 | 明朝體 | Míngcháotǐ | - Mincho font |
| 明武宗 | 明武宗 | MíngWǔzōng | - Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德[Zheng4 de2] |
| 明水县 | 明水縣 | Míngshuǐxiàn | - Mingshui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明溪县 | 明溪縣 | Míngxīxiàn | - Mingxi county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian |
| 明熹宗 | 明熹宗 | MíngXīzōng | - Ming Xizong, Temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[Ming2 Tian1 qi3] |
| 明眼人 | 明眼人 | míngyǎnrén | - perspicacious person - sb with a discerning eye - sighted person (as opposed to blind) |
| 明细表 | 明細表 | míngxìbiǎo | - schedule - subsidiary ledger - a detailed list |
| 本杰明 | 本傑明 | Běnjiémíng | - Benjamin (person name) |
| 李明博 | 李明博 | LǐMíngbó | - Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, President of South Korea from 2007 |
| 东明县 | 東明縣 | Dōngmíngxiàn | - Dongming county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong |
| 决明子 | 決明子 | juémíngzǐ | - (botany) cassia seed |
| 海明威 | 海明威 | Hǎimíngwēi | - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist |
| 清明节 | 清明節 | Qīngmíngjié | - Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April) |
| 汉明帝 | 漢明帝 | HànMíngDì | - Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75 |
| 照明弹 | 照明彈 | zhàomíngdàn | - flare - star shell |
| 班雅明 | 班雅明 | Bānyǎmíng | - Benjamin (name) |
| 发明人 | 發明人 | fāmíngrén | - inventor |
| 发明家 | 發明家 | fāmíngjiā | - inventor |
| 发明者 | 發明者 | fāmíngzhě | - inventor |
| 祝允明 | 祝允明 | ZhùYǔnmíng | - Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher |
| 细明体 | 細明體 | Xìmíngtǐ | - Mincho narrow font |
| 声明书 | 聲明書 | shēngmíngshū | - statement |
| 胡志明 | 胡志明 | HúZhìmíng | - Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader - see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4] |
| 说明书 | 說明書 | shuōmíngshū | - (technical) manual - (book of) directions - synopsis (of a play or film) - CL:本[ben3] |
| 说明会 | 說明會 | shuōmínghuì | - information meeting |
| 证明力 | 證明力 | zhèngmínglì | - probative value - strength of evidence in legal proof - relevance |
| 证明书 | 證明書 | zhèngmíngshū | - certificate |
| 赶明儿 | 趕明兒 | gǎnmíngr | - (coll.) some day - one of these days |
| 透明度 | 透明度 | tòumíngdù | - transparency - (policy of) openness |
| 透明胶 | 透明膠 | tòumíngjiāo | - Scotch tape |
| 郭敬明 | 郭敬明 | GuōJìngmíng | - Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol |
| 金明区 | 金明區 | Jīnmíngqū | - Jinming district of Kaifeng city 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 shi4], Henan |
| 长明灯 | 長明燈 | chángmíngdēng | - altar lamp burning day and night |
| 陈炯明 | 陳炯明 | ChénJiǒngmíng | - Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong |
| 陶渊明 | 陶淵明 | TáoYuānmíng | - Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet |
| 阳明区 | 陽明區 | Yángmíngqū | - Yangming district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang |
| 阳明山 | 陽明山 | YángmíngShān | - Mt Yangming in Hunan - Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei |
| 电照明 | 電照明 | diànzhàomíng | - electric lighting |
| 高明区 | 高明區 | Gāomíngqū | - Gaoming district of Foshan city 佛山市[Fo2 shan1 shi4], Guangdong |
| 黑泽明 | 黑澤明 | HēizéMíng | - Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director |
| 下落不明 | 下落不明 | xiàluòbùmíng | - unaccounted - unknown whereabouts |
| 不明不白 | 不明不白 | bùmíngbùbái | - obscure - dubious - shady |
| 不明事理 | 不明事理 | bùmíngshìlǐ | - not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense |
| 不明就里 | 不明就裡 | bùmíngjiùlǐ | - not to understand the situation - unaware of the ins and outs |
| 不明觉厉 | 不明覺厲 | bùmíngjuélì | - although I don't understand it, it seems pretty awesome (Internet slang) |
| 不言自明 | 不言自明 | bùyánzìmíng | - self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom) |
| 不说自明 | 不說自明 | bùshuōzìmíng | - self-explanatory - self-evident (idiom) |
| 事后聪明 | 事後聰明 | shìhòucōngming | - wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it |
| 以资证明 | 以資證明 | yǐzīzhèngmíng | - in support or witness hereof (idiom) |
| 来历不明 | 來歷不明 | láilìbùmíng | - of unknown origin |
| 来路不明 | 來路不明 | láilùbùmíng | - unidentified origin - no-one knows where it comes from - of dubious background |
| 元末明初 | 元末明初 | YuánmòMíngchū | - late Yuan and early Ming - mid 14th century |
| 先见之明 | 先見之明 | xiānjiànzhīmíng | - foresight |
| 光明新区 | 光明新區 | Guāngmíngxīnqū | - New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[Shen1 zhen4 shi4], Guangdong |
| 光明日报 | 光明日報 | GuāngmíngRìbào | - Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper |
| 光明正大 | 光明正大 | guāngmíngzhèngdà | - just and honorable - open and aboveboard - without tricks (idiom) |
| 光明磊落 | 光明磊落 | guāngmínglěiluò | - open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright |
| 免责声明 | 免責聲明 | miǎnzéshēngmíng | - disclaimer - statement denying or limiting responsibility |
| 两河文明 | 兩河文明 | liǎnghéwénmíng | - Mesopotamian civilization |
| 具体说明 | 具體說明 | jùtǐshuōmíng | - explicit explanation - to specify |
| 冰雪聪明 | 冰雪聰明 | bīngxuěcōngming | - exceptionally intelligent (idiom) |
| 出生证明 | 出生證明 | chūshēngzhèngmíng | - birth certificate - CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 半明不灭 | 半明不滅 | bànmíngbùmiè | - dull (lamplight) |
| 去向不明 | 去向不明 | qùxiàngbùmíng | - missing - lost |
| 另请高明 | 另請高明 | lìngqǐnggāomíng | - please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) |
| 喻世明言 | 喻世明言 | YùshìMíngyán | - another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] |
| 四大发明 | 四大發明 | sìdàfāmíng | - the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder |
| 图解说明 | 圖解說明 | tújiěshuōmíng | - illustrate |
| 多明尼加 | 多明尼加 | Duōmíngníjiā | - Dominica - Dominican Republic - also written 多米尼加 |
| 大放光明 | 大放光明 | dàfàngguāngmíng | - great release of light (idiom) |
| 奉若神明 | 奉若神明 | fèngruòshénmíng | - to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere - to worship - to deify - to make a holy cow of sth - to put sb on a pedestal |
| 安非他明 | 安非他明 | ānfēitāmíng | - amphetamine |
| 察察为明 | 察察為明 | chácháwéimíng | - keenly observant of trivial details |
| 山明水秀 | 山明水秀 | shānmíngshuǐxiù | - lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) - fig. enchanting scenery |
| 弗拉明戈 | 弗拉明戈 | fúlāmínggē | - flamenco (loanword) |
| 彰明较著 | 彰明較著 | zhāngmíngjiàozhù | - obvious - clear for all to see |
| 后见之明 | 後見之明 | hòujiànzhīmíng | - hindsight |
| 心知肚明 | 心知肚明 | xīnzhīdùmíng | - to be well aware |
| 爱憎分明 | 愛憎分明 | àizēngfēnmíng | - to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates - to have well-defined likes and dislikes |
| 怀俄明州 | 懷俄明州 | Huáiémíngzhōu | - Wyoming, US state |
| 掌上明珠 | 掌上明珠 | zhǎngshàngmíngzhū | - lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) - fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) |
| 敬若神明 | 敬若神明 | jìngruòshénmíng | - to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) |
| 文明小史 | 文明小史 | WénmíngXiǎoshǐ | - Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] |
| 旗帜鲜明 | 旗幟鮮明 | qízhìxiānmíng | - to show one's colors - to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) |
| 明十三陵 | 明十三陵 | Míngshísānlíng | - the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing) |
| 明古鲁市 | 明古魯市 | Mínggǔlǔshì | - Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明哲保身 | 明哲保身 | míngzhébǎoshēn | - a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) - to put one's own safety before matters of principle |
| 明媒正娶 | 明媒正娶 | míngméizhèngqǔ | - to be officially wed |
| 明察暗访 | 明察暗訪 | míngcháànfǎng | - open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret - taking information from all sides |
| 明察秋毫 | 明察秋毫 | míngcháqiūháo | - lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. sensitive to the finest detail - to distinguish right and wrong with acuity - omniscient |
| 明尼苏达 | 明尼蘇達 | Míngnísūdá | - Minnesota, USA |
| 明岗暗哨 | 明崗暗哨 | mínggǎngànshào | - both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom) |
| 明文规定 | 明文規定 | míngwénguīdìng | - expressly stipulated (in writing) |
| 明日黄花 | 明日黃花 | míngrìhuánghuā | - lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) - fig. outdated - thing of the past - dead letter |
| 明智之举 | 明智之舉 | míngzhìzhījǔ | - sensible act |
| 明月清风 | 明月清風 | míngyuèqīngfēng | - bright moon and clear wind (idiom); fig. clear and lovely atmosphere - everything in the garden is roses |
| 明末清初 | 明末清初 | MíngmòQīngchū | - late Ming and early Qing - around the middle of the 17th century |
| 明查暗访 | 明查暗訪 | míngcháànfǎng | - open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret - taking information from all sides |
| 明治维新 | 明治維新 | MíngzhìWéixīn | - the Japanese Meiji Restoration of 1868 |
| 明争暗斗 | 明爭暗鬥 | míngzhēngàndòu | - to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom) |
| 明珠暗投 | 明珠暗投 | míngzhūàntóu | - to cast pearls before swine (idiom) - not to get proper recognition for one's talents |
| 明目张胆 | 明目張膽 | míngmùzhāngdǎn | - openly and without fear - brazenly |
| 明眸皓齿 | 明眸皓齒 | míngmóuhàochǐ | - to have bright eyes and white teeth |
| 明知故问 | 明知故問 | míngzhīgùwèn | - to ask a question, already knowing the answer |
| 明知故犯 | 明知故犯 | míngzhīgùfàn | - deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime |
| 明窗净几 | 明窗淨几 | míngchuāngjìngjī | - lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean |
| 明辨是非 | 明辨是非 | míngbiànshìfēi | - to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) |
| 明达事理 | 明達事理 | míngdáshìlǐ | - reasonable - sensible |
| 明镜高悬 | 明鏡高懸 | míngjìnggāoxuán | - perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom) |
| 春光明媚 | 春光明媚 | chūnguāngmíngmèi | - lovely spring sunshine |
| 是非分明 | 是非分明 | shìfēifēnmíng | - to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) |
| 暗察明访 | 暗察明訪 | ànchámíngfǎng | - open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret - taking information from all sides |
| 东方文明 | 東方文明 | Dōngfāngwénmíng | - Eastern civilization |
| 柳暗花明 | 柳暗花明 | liǔànhuāmíng | - lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope - light at the end of the tunnel |
| 弃暗投明 | 棄暗投明 | qìàntóumíng | - to renounce the dark and seek the light - to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one |
| 权利声明 | 權利聲明 | quánlìshēngmíng | - copyright statement |
| 正大光明 | 正大光明 | zhèngdàguāngmíng | - just and honorable |
| 死因不明 | 死因不明 | sǐyīnbùmíng | - unknown cause of death |
| 泾渭分明 | 涇渭分明 | JīngWèifēnmíng | - as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) - to be entirely different |
| 淡泊明志 | 淡泊明志 | dànbómíngzhì | - living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom) |
| 深明大义 | 深明大義 | shēnmíngdàyì | - to have a high notion of one's duty - to be highly principled |
| 清正廉明 | 清正廉明 | qīngzhèngliánmíng | - upright and honest |
| 清风明月 | 清風明月 | qīngfēngmíngyuè | - lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom); unattached and at leisure |
| 灯火通明 | 燈火通明 | dēnghuǒtōngmíng | - brightly lit |
| 物质文明 | 物質文明 | wùzhìwénmíng | - material culture |
| 发明创造 | 發明創造 | fāmíngchuàngzào | - inventions |
| 皓齿明眸 | 皓齒明眸 | hàochǐmíngmóu | - white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman |
| 眼明手快 | 眼明手快 | yǎnmíngshǒukuài | - sharp-sighted and deft |
| 砷凡纳明 | 砷凡納明 | shēnfánnàmíng | - arsphenamine |
| 窗明几净 | 窗明几淨 | chuāngmíngjījìng | - lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) - fig. bright and clean |
| 简单明了 | 簡單明瞭 | jiǎndānmíngliǎo | - clear and simple - in simple terms |
| 精明强干 | 精明強幹 | jīngmíngqiánggàn | - intelligent and capable (idiom) |
| 精明能干 | 精明能幹 | jīngmíngnénggàn | - able and efficient |
| 精神文明 | 精神文明 | jīngshénwénmíng | - spiritual culture |
| 绝顶聪明 | 絕頂聰明 | juédǐngcōngming | - extremely bright (idiom) |
| 耍小聪明 | 耍小聰明 | shuǎxiǎocōngming | - to get smart - to resort to petty tricks |
| 耳聪目明 | 耳聰目明 | ěrcōngmùmíng | - sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) - keen and alert - perceptive |
| 圣多明各 | 聖多明各 | ShèngDuōmínggè | - San Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic |
| 圣多明哥 | 聖多明哥 | ShèngDuōmínggē | - Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| 联合声明 | 聯合聲明 | liánhéshēngmíng | - joint declaration |
| 聪明伶俐 | 聰明伶俐 | cōngminglínglì | - clever and quick-witted |
| 聪明才智 | 聰明才智 | cōngmingcáizhì | - intelligence and wisdom |
| 聪明绝顶 | 聰明絕頂 | cōngmingjuédǐng | - highly intelligent (idiom) |
| 聪明过头 | 聰明過頭 | cōngmingguòtóu | - too clever by half - excessive ingenuity |
| 胂凡纳明 | 胂凡納明 | shènfánnàmíng | - arsphenamine |
| 胡志明市 | 胡志明市 | HúZhìmíngShì | - Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam |
| 自作聪明 | 自作聰明 | zìzuòcōngmíng | - to think oneself clever (idiom) - self-styled genius - a smart aleck |
| 自知之明 | 自知之明 | zìzhīzhīmíng | - knowing oneself (idiom) - self-knowledge |
| 英明果断 | 英明果斷 | yīngmíngguǒduàn | - wise and resolute |
| 莫明其妙 | 莫明其妙 | mòmíngqímiào | - variant of 莫名其妙[mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4] |
| 蓄须明志 | 蓄鬚明志 | xùxūmíngzhì | - to be resolutely opposed to doing sth (idiom) |
| 亵渎神明 | 褻瀆神明 | xièdúshénmíng | - to blaspheme - to commit sacrilege |
| 词约指明 | 詞約指明 | cíyuēzhǐmíng | - concise but unambiguous (idiom) |
| 证明完毕 | 證明完畢 | zhèngmíngwánbì | - QED - end of proof (math.) |
| 证明文件 | 證明文件 | zhèngmíngwénjiàn | - identification document - documentary proof |
| 身份证明 | 身份證明 | shēnfènzhèngmíng | - ID card - proof of identity |
| 轮廓鲜明 | 輪廓鮮明 | lúnkuòxiānmíng | - sharp image - clear-cut - in bold outline - in sharp relief |
| 透明程度 | 透明程度 | tòumíngchéngdù | - transparency |
| 透明质酸 | 透明質酸 | tòumíngzhìsuān | - hyaluronic acid - hyaluronan |
| 长夜难明 | 長夜難明 | chángyènánmíng | - lit. many nights under a harsh moon - long years of oppression (idiom) |
| 开宗明义 | 開宗明義 | kāizōngmíngyì | - to declare at the outset (idiom) |
| 开明君主 | 開明君主 | kāimíngjūnzhǔ | - enlightened sovereign |
| 阳光明媚 | 陽光明媚 | yángguāngmíngmèi | - the sun shines brightly (idiom) |
| 验明正身 | 驗明正身 | yànmíngzhèngshēn | - to identify - to verify sb's identity - identification |
| 鲜明个性 | 鮮明個性 | xiānmínggèxìng | - individuality - clear-cut personality |
| 黎明时分 | 黎明時分 | límíngshífèn | - daybreak - at the crack of dawn |
| 不明飞行物 | 不明飛行物 | bùmíngfēixíngwù | - unidentified flying object (UFO) |
| 出生证明书 | 出生證明書 | chūshēngzhèngmíngshū | - birth certificate - CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 招股说明书 | 招股說明書 | zhāogǔshuōmíngshū | - prospectus |
| 明尼苏达州 | 明尼蘇達州 | Míngnísūdázhōu | - Minnesota |
| 东方明珠塔 | 東方明珠塔 | DōngfāngMíngzhūTǎ | - Oriental Pearl Tower |
| 总会三明治 | 總會三明治 | zǒnghuìsānmíngzhì | - club sandwich |
| 宣誓供词证明 | 宣誓供詞證明 | xuānshìgòngcízhèngmíng | - affidavit - deposition (law) |
| 明人不做暗事 | 明人不做暗事 | míngrénbùzuòànshì | - The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom). - fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation. |
| 明尼阿波利斯 | 明尼阿波利斯 | Míngníābōlìsī | - Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota |
| 皇冠上的明珠 | 皇冠上的明珠 | huángguānshàngdemíngzhū | - the brightest jewel in the crown |
| 黎明前的黑暗 | 黎明前的黑暗 | límíngqiándehēiàn | - darkness comes before dawn - things can only get better (idiom) |
| 外国人居住证明 | 外國人居住證明 | wàiguórénjūzhùzhèngmíng | - foreigner's certificate of residence |
| 多明尼加共和国 | 多明尼加共和國 | DuōmíngníjiāGònghéguó | - Dominican Republic (Tw) |
| 放着明白装糊涂 | 放著明白裝糊塗 | fàngzhemíngbaizhuānghútu | - to pretend not to know (idiom) |
| 东方明珠电视塔 | 東方明珠電視塔 | DōngfāngMíngzhūDiànshìTǎ | - Oriental Pearl Television Tower |
| 聪明反被聪明误 | 聰明反被聰明誤 | cōngmíngfǎnbèicōngmíngwù | - a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself - too smart for one's own good |
| 亲兄弟，明算帐 | 親兄弟，明算帳 | qīnxiōngdì,míngsuànzhàng | - (lit.) even with your own brother, keep clear accounts |
| 需要是发明之母 | 需要是發明之母 | xūyàoshìfāmíngzhīmǔ | - Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). |
| 本杰明・富兰克林 | 本傑明・富蘭克林 | Běnjiémíng·Fùlánkèlín | - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat |
| 冰炭不言，冷热自明 | 冰炭不言，冷熱自明 | bīngtànbùyán,lěngrèzìmíng | - ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words |
| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 | 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉 | míngxiūzhàndào,àndùChéncāng | - lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) - fig. to feign one thing while doing another - to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 明枪好躲，暗箭难防 | 明槍好躲，暗箭難防 | míngqiānghǎoduǒ,ànjiànnánfáng | - lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies |
| 明枪易躲，暗箭难防 | 明槍易躲，暗箭難防 | míngqiāngyìduǒ,ànjiànnánfáng | - lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies |
| 物质文明和精神文明 | 物質文明和精神文明 | wùzhìwénmínghéjīngshénwénmíng | - material and spiritual culture - matter and mind - material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978) |
| 知人者智，自知者明 | 知人者智，自知者明 | zhīrénzhězhì,zìzhīzhěmíng | - those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] |
| 聪明一世，懵懂一时 | 聰明一世，懵懂一時 | cóngmingyīshì,měngdǒngyīshí | - see 聰明一世，糊塗一時|聪明一世，糊涂一时[cong2 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2] |
| 聪明一世，糊涂一时 | 聰明一世，糊塗一時 | cóngmingyīshì,hútuyīshí | - even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgement (idiom) - every man has a fool in his sleeve |
| 达尔罕茂明安联合旗 | 達爾罕茂明安聯合旗 | DáěrhǎnMàomíngānliánhéqí | - Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia |
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