三明

Chinese

		three	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (三明)		三	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-mìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): săng-mìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sâm-bêng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹se-min

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanmíng
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-ming²
    • Yale: sān-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanming
    • Palladius: саньмин (sanʹmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: sāam mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam^ˊ min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴ min¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: săng-mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sâm-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: sâm-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sambeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹se-min
    • MiniDict: se^平 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹se-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵⁵ min²¹/

Noun

三明

1. (literary) three heavenly bodies: sun, moon and stars

Proper noun

三明

1. (～市) Sanming (a prefecture-level city in Fujian, China)
2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 三明, Miake

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三	明
さん Grade: 1	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

三(さん)明(めい) • (Sanmei) 

1. Sanming (a prefecture-level city in Fujian, China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三	明
み Grade: 1	あけ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

三(み)明(あけ) • (Miake) 

1. a surname