顯明

See also: 显明

Chinese

		prominent; conspicuous; to show	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (顯明)		顯	明
simp. (显明)		显	明
anagram		明顯／明显

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin² ming⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hián-bêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² mêng⁵ / hiêng² mêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnmíng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-ming²
    • Yale: syǎn-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanming
    • Palladius: сяньмин (sjanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hin² ming⁴
    • Yale: hín mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin² ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hián-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: hián-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiefnbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang² mêng⁵ / hiêng² mêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng mêng / hiéng mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/, /hieŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

顯明

1. obvious; clear; evident
2. (literary) wise; judicious; sage; sapient
3. (literary) bright (of colour)

Synonyms

• (obvious):

• 明擺著／明摆着 (míngbǎizhe) (colloquial)
• 明朗 (mínglǎng)
• 明顯／明显 (míngxiǎn)
• 昭著 (zhāozhù) (literary)
• 現拄現／现拄现 (Hokkien)
• 顯然／显然 (xiǎnrán)
• 顯而易見／显而易见 (xiǎn'éryìjiàn)

 

• (wise): 賢明／贤明 (xiánmíng)
• (bright): 燦爛／灿烂 (cànlàn), 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng), 鮮明／鲜明 (xiānmíng), 鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn)

Noun

顯明

1. (literary) sunrise

Synonyms

• 日出 (rìchū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顯明):

• → Japanese: 顕明(けんめい) (kenmei)
• → Korean: 현명(顯明) (hyeonmyeong)
• → Vietnamese: hiển minh (顯明)