皇明

Chinese

		emperor; surname	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (皇明)		皇	明

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huángmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁴ ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huángmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huángmíng
  - Wade–Giles: huang²-ming²
  - Yale: hwáng-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwangming
  - Palladius: хуанмин (xuanmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wong⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: wòhng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁴ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wong⁴ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

皇明

(literary, honorific) august wisdom of an emperor
- 乃動大輅，遵皇衢，省方巡狩，窮覽萬國之有無，考聲教之所被，散皇明以燭幽。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  乃动大辂，遵皇衢，省方巡狩，穷览万国之有无，考声教之所被，散皇明以烛幽。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE
  Nǎi dòng dàlù, zūn huángqú, xǐngfāng xúnshòu, qióng lǎn wànguó zhī yǒuwú, kǎo shēngjiào zhī suǒ bèi, sàn huángmíng yǐ zhúyōu. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Proper noun

皇明

the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Synonyms

大明 (Dàmíng)
明朝 (Míngcháo)
朱明 (zhūmíng)

See also

皇清 (Huángqīng)