名堂
Chinese
name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place |
(main) hall; large room | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (名堂) | 名 | 堂 | |
| simp. #(名堂) | 名 | 堂 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ming4 tong4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-tông
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6min-daon6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: míngtáng → míngtang (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄤˊ → ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄊㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: míngtång
- Wade–Giles: ming2-tʻang5
- Yale: míng-tang
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming.tarng
- Palladius: минтан (mintan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³⁵/ → /miŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ming4 tong4
- Yale: mìhng tòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ming4 tong4
- Guangdong Romanization: ming4 tong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɪŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-tông
- Tâi-lô: bîng-tông
- Phofsit Daibuun: bengdoong
- IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ tɔŋ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
Noun
名堂
- variety; kind; item
- outcome; result; achievement
- reason; cause; what lies behind something
- trick (act of mischief); ploy
- name (of an object); designation
- (Wenzhounese) thing; object
Synonyms
- (variety):
- (achievement):
Dialectal synonyms of 東西 (“thing; object”) [map]
Derived terms
- 鬼名堂 (guǐmíngtáng)