明暗

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
simp. and trad. (明暗)		明	暗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míng'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míng'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míng-àn
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-an⁴
    • Yale: míng-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingann
    • Palladius: минъань (minʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ˀän⁵¹/

Noun

明暗

1. light and darkness; light and shade; luminosity

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
明	暗
めい Grade: 2	あん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

明(めい)暗(あん) • (meian) 

1. light and darkness
2. the difference between a positive or negative outcome (e.g. happiness vs. sadness or success vs. failure)

   明(めい)暗(あん)を分(わ)けた。

   Meian o waketa.

   It made the difference.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
明	暗
あ(け) Grade: 2	く(れ) > ぐ(れ) Grade: 3
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 明暗 – see the following entry.

【明あけ暗ぐれ】 [noun] the period of time before daybreak Alternative spelling 明けぐれ

(This term, 明暗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.