夜明珠

Chinese

		to glow at night; altar of the moon	pearl; bead
simp. and trad. (夜明珠)		夜明	珠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yèmíngzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ ming⁴ zyu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iā-bêng-chu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yèmíngzhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yèmíngjhu
  - Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-ming²-chu¹
  - Yale: yè-míng-jū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmingju
  - Palladius: еминчжу (jeminčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: je⁶ ming⁴ zyu¹
  - Yale: yeh mìhng jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ ming⁴ dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ ming⁴ ju¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-bêng-chu
  - Tâi-lô: iā-bîng-tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaxbengzw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Noun

夜明珠

luminous pearl; a kind of legendary pearl that glows in the dark

Synonyms

明月 (míngyuè)
照夜璣／照夜玑 (zhàoyèjī)

Proper noun

夜明珠

(～街道) Yemingzhu (a subdistrict of Xiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China)