明珠

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zyu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-chû
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhu
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-chu¹
  - Yale: míng-jū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingju
  - Palladius: минчжу (minčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ zyu¹
  - Yale: mìhng jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ju¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡ʃyː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chu
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengzw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mjaeng tsyu

Rime
Character	明	珠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武兵切	章俱切
Baxter	mjaeng	tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠiæŋ/	/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚiaŋ/	/t͡ɕio/
Shao Rongfen	/miaŋ/	/t͡ɕio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/cuə̆/
Li Rong	/miɐŋ/	/t͡ɕio/
Wang Li	/mĭɐŋ/	/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɐŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	zhū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴	zyu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ tjo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	明
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/
English	bright
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	明	珠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9188	17568
Phonetic component	明	朱
Rime group	陽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	明	朱
Old Chinese	/*mraŋ/	/*tjo/

Noun

明珠

(literally) shiny pearl
(figurative) treasured person or thing; jewel; pearl
(archaic, Taoism) eye; eyes

Synonyms

(pearl):

珍珠 (zhēnzhū)
珠仔 (Hakka)
珠子 (zhūzi)
珠璣／珠玑 (zhūjī)

(treasured person or thing): 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)

Derived terms

仙露明珠
掌上明珠
明珠彈雀／明珠弹雀
明珠暗投 (míngzhū'àntóu)
明珠生蚌
老蚌出明珠
薏苡明珠

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明珠):

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→ Korean: 명주(明珠) (myeongju)
→ Vietnamese: minh châu (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

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