皇明

Chinese

		emperor; surname	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (皇明)		皇	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huángmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huángmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huángmíng
    • Wade–Giles: huang²-ming²
    • Yale: hwáng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangming
    • Palladius: хуанмин (xuanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: wòhng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

皇明

1. (literary, honorific) august wisdom of an emperor

   • 乃動大輅，遵皇衢，省方巡狩，窮覽萬國之有無，考聲教之所被，散皇明以燭幽。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乃动大辂，遵皇衢，省方巡狩，穷览万国之有无，考声教之所被，散皇明以烛幽。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Nǎi dòng dàlù, zūn huángqú, xǐngfāng xúnshòu, qióng lǎn wànguó zhī yǒuwú, kǎo shēngjiào zhī suǒ bèi, sàn huángmíng yǐ zhúyōu. [Pinyin]

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Proper noun

皇明

1. the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Synonyms

• 大明 (Dàmíng)
• 明朝 (Míngcháo)
• 朱明 (zhūmíng)

See also

• 皇清 (Huángqīng)