溟濛

Chinese

		drizzle; sea	drizzle; mist
trad. (溟濛/溟蒙)		溟	濛/蒙
simp. (溟蒙)		溟	蒙
alternative forms		冥蒙 冥濛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ mung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngméng
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-mêng²
    • Yale: míng-méng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmeng
    • Palladius: минмэн (minmɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ mung⁴
    • Yale: mìhng mùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ mung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ mung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: meng muwng

Rime
Character	溟	濛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	莫經切	莫紅切
Baxter	meng	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/	/muŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mieŋ/	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	mung4

Adjective

溟濛

1. misty; drizzly
2. dim; gloomy
3. (literary, figurative) hazy; obscure

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溟	濛
めい Hyōgai	もう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーもー [mèémóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːmo̞ː]

Adjective

溟(めい)濛(もう) • (meimō) ^†-tari (adnominal 溟(めい)濛(もう)とした (meimō to shita) or 溟(めい)濛(もう)たる (meimō taru), adverbial 溟(めい)濛(もう)と (meimō to) or 溟(めい)濛(もう)として (meimō to shite))

1. (literary) dim, faint, hazy, gloomy

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
溟	濛

Adjective

溟濛

1. Nôm form of mênh mông (“vast; immense; extensive; boundless”).