孔明

Chinese

		hole; surname	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (孔明)		孔	明

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Kǒngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² ming⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): kung³ min⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Khúng-mìn
Eastern Min (BUC): Kūng-mìng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): Khóng-bêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): kong² mêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Kǒngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Kǒngmíng
  - Wade–Giles: Kʻung³-ming²
  - Yale: Kǔng-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Koongming
  - Palladius: Кунмин (Kunmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hung² ming⁴
  - Yale: húng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hung² ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hung² ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kung³ min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³⁻¹³ min³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Khúng-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: kung^ˋ min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kung³ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰuŋ³¹ min¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Kūng-mìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ³³⁻²¹ miŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khóng-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: Khóng-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofngbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kong² mêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khóng mêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

孔明

courtesy name of Zhuge Liang

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (孔明):

→ Japanese: 孔明(こうめい) (Kōmei)
→ Korean: 공명(孔明) (Gongmyeong)
→ Vietnamese: Khổng Minh (孔明)

Others:

Thai: ขงเบ้ง (kǒng-bêng)

Adjective

孔明

clear; bright; clean

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	明
こう Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

孔(こう)明(めい) • (Kōmei)

a male given name