罪名

Chinese

		guilt; crime; fault guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (罪名)		罪	名
simp. #(罪名)		罪	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi⁶ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhui-miàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chǒe-miâ / chōe-miâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zuê⁶ mian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuìmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuèimíng
    • Wade–Giles: tsui⁴-ming²
    • Yale: dzwèi-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueyming
    • Palladius: цзуймин (czujmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶ ming⁴
    • Yale: jeuih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²² mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhui-miàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cui miang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cui⁴ miang²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒe-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuě-miâ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue²² miã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōe-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuē-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoexmiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²²⁻²¹ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue³³⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²²⁻²¹ miã¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue³³⁻²¹ miã²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zuê⁶ mian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuĕ miâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sue³⁵⁻¹¹ mĩã⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzwojX mjieng

Rime
Character	罪	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	徂賄切	武并切
Baxter	dzwojX	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuʌiX/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoiX/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɒiX/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwəjX/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡zuᴀiX/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɒiX/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑ̆iX/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuì	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6	ming4

Noun

罪名

1. criminal charge; name of offence; accusation

   罪名成立  ―  zuìmíng chénglì  ―  to be convicted; to be found guilty

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (罪名):

• → Japanese: 罪名(ざいめい) (zaimei)
• → Korean: 죄명(罪名) (joemyeong)

See also

• 罪行 (zuìxíng)