明文

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle
simp. and trad. (明文)		明	文
anagram		文明

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngwén

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ man⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-bûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngwén
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngwún
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-wên²
  - Yale: míng-wén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingwen
  - Palladius: минвэнь (minvɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ wən³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    銘文 / 铭文
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ man⁴
  - Yale: mìhng màhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ man⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ men⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mɐn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    銘文 / 铭文
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-bûn
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-bûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengbuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² bun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ bun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ bun²³/

Verb

明文

to proclaim in writing; to put in explicit terms (of laws, regulations, etc.)

Noun

明文

laws, rules or regulations which are written down; official proclamations
literature of the Ming dynasty (especially essays)
(cryptography) plaintext

Derived terms

明文規定 / 明文规定 (míngwénguīdìng)

See also

純文本／纯文本 (chúnwénběn, “(computing) plain text”)