明石

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad. (明石)		明	石

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngshí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ sek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngshí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngshíh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-shih²
  - Yale: míng-shŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshyr
  - Palladius: минши (minši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ sek⁶
  - Yale: mìhng sehk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ sek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ség⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ sɛːk̚²/

Noun

明石

(mineralogy) Alternative name for 明礬／明矾 (míngfán, “alum”).

Proper noun

明石

(～市) Akashi (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	石
あか Grade: 2	し Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あかし [áꜜkàshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ɕi]

Proper noun

明(あか)石(し) • (Akashi)

Akashi (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)
a surname

References

^ 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