功名

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (功名)		功	名
simp. ^#(功名)		功	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gōngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-miàng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-bêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ mian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongmíng
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-ming²
  - Yale: gūng-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongming
  - Palladius: гунмин (gunmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: gūng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-miàng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ miang^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ miang²
  - Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ mi̯aŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: kong-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ mian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong miâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ mĩã⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: kuwng mjieng

Rime
Character	功	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古紅切	武并切
Baxter	kuwng	mjieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuŋ/	/miᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kuŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuŋ/	/miæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəwŋ/	/miajŋ/
Li Rong	/kuŋ/	/miɛŋ/
Wang Li	/kuŋ/	/mĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kuŋ/	/mi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gōng	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gung¹	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤoŋ C.meŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*koːŋ meŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	功	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gōng	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ kuwng ›	‹ mjieng ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁoŋ/	/*C.meŋ/
English	work, effort	name
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	功	名
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4021	9178
Phonetic component	工	名
Rime group	東	耕
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	公	名
Old Chinese	/*koːŋ/	/*meŋ/

Noun

功名

accomplishment and fame; achievements and reputation
(archaic) social status of a scholar or official

Derived terms

功名利祿 / 功名利禄 (gōngmínglìlù)
功名富貴 / 功名富贵 (gōngmíng fùguì)
功名心
功名蹭蹬
富貴功名 / 富贵功名
異路功名 / 异路功名
白首為功名 / 白首为功名
立功名
蝸角功名 / 蜗角功名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
功	名
こう Grade: 4	みょう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

功(こう)名(みょう) • (kōmyō)

great achievement

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
功	名

Noun

功名

chữ Hán form of công danh (“position and fame”)