名詞

See also: 名词

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (名詞)		名	詞
simp. (名词)		名	词

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngcí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ci⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): miàng-chhṳ̀

(Hailu, HRS): miang cii
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming² so²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bêng-sîr / miâ-sû / bêng-sû

(Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ se⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngcí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngcíh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-tzʻŭ²
  - Yale: míng-tsź
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsyr
  - Palladius: минцы (mincy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ ci⁴
  - Yale: mìhng chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: miang^ˇ cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: miang cii
  - Sinological IPA: /miaŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ming² so² [Phonetic: ming⁵ so²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: míng-seó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ɬo¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ming² so² [Phonetic: ming⁵ so²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ɬo²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sîr
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-sîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-sû
  - Tâi-lô: miâ-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: miasuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ su²³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sû
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-sû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengsuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ su²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² su¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mêng⁵ se⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng sṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ⁵⁵/

Noun

名詞

(grammar) noun
term; expression; phrase
- 全地球都要捲進這兩個戰線中去，在今後的世界中，「中立」只是騙人的名詞。 [MSC, trad.]
  全地球都要卷进这两个战线中去，在今后的世界中，「中立」只是骗人的名词。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Quán dìqiú dōu yào juǎn jìn zhè liǎng gè zhànxiàn zhōng qù, zài jīnhòu de shìjiè zhōng, “zhōnglì” zhǐ shì piànrén de míngcí. [Pinyin]
  The whole world will be swept into one or the other of these two fronts, and "neutrality" will then be merely a deceptive term.
(philosophy) name; concept

Derived terms

不可數名詞 / 不可数名词 (bùkěshǔ míngcí)
代名詞 / 代名词 (dàimíngcí)
具體名詞 / 具体名词 (jùtǐ míngcí)
動名詞 / 动名词 (dòngmíngcí)
可數名詞 / 可数名词 (kěshǔ míngcí)
名詞化 / 名词化 (míngcíhuà)
名詞片語 / 名词片语 (míngcí piànyǔ)
名詞短語 / 名词短语 (míngcí duǎnyǔ)
名詞類別 / 名词类别 (míngcí lèibié)
固有名詞 / 固有名词 (gùyǒu míngcí)
專有名詞 / 专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí)
弱名詞 / 弱名词
強名詞 / 强名词
抽象名詞 / 抽象名词 (chōuxiàng míngcí)
新名詞 / 新名词 (xīnmíngcí)
普通名詞 / 普通名词 (pǔtōng míngcí)
衍生名詞 / 衍生名词
轉形名詞 / 转形名词
集合名詞 / 集合名词 (jíhé míngcí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名詞):

→ Japanese: 名(めい)詞(し) (meishi)
→ Korean: 명사(名詞) (myeongsa)
→ Vietnamese: danh từ (名詞)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	詞
めい Grade: 1	し Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕi]

Noun

名(めい)詞(し) • (meishi)

(grammar) noun

Related terms

普通名詞(ふつうめいし) (futsūmeishi): common noun
固有名詞(こゆうめいし) (koyūmeishi): proper noun
代名詞(だいめいし) (daimeishi): pronoun
一般名詞(いっぱんめいし) (ippanmeishi): common noun

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
名	詞

Noun

名詞 • (myeongsa) (hangeul 명사)

hanja form^? of 명사 (“noun”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
名	詞

Noun

名詞

chữ Hán form of danh từ (“noun”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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