美其名

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it)	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (美其名)		美	其	名
simp. #(美其名)		美	其	名

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měiqímíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ kei⁴ ming⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-kî-miâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měiqímíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měicímíng
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-chʻi²-ming²
    • Yale: měi-chí-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeichyiming
    • Palladius: мэйцимин (mɛjcimin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ kei⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: méih kèih mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ kei⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ kéi⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-kî-miâ
    • Tâi-lô: bí-kî-miâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'kimiaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³⁻²² miã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²³⁻³³ miã²³/

Idiom

美其名

1. to call it by the fine-sounding name of

Synonyms

• 美其名曰 (měiqímíngyuē)