顯明

See also: 显明

Chinese

		prominent; conspicuous; to show	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (顯明)		顯	明
simp. (显明)		显	明
anagram		明顯／明显

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎnmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin² ming⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hián-bêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² mêng⁵ / hiêng² mêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnmíng
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³-ming²
  - Yale: syǎn-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanming
  - Palladius: сяньмин (sjanʹmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hin² ming⁴
  - Yale: hín mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin² ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin² ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hián-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: hián-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiefnbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang² mêng⁵ / hiêng² mêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng mêng / hiéng mêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/, /hieŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ meŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

顯明

obvious; clear; evident
(literary) wise; judicious; sage; sapient
(literary) bright (of colour)

Synonyms

(obvious):

明擺著 / 明摆着 (míngbǎizhe) (colloquial)
明朗 (mínglǎng)
明顯 / 明显 (míngxiǎn)
昭著 (zhāozhù) (literary)
現拄現 / 现拄现 (Hokkien)
顯然 / 显然 (xiǎnrán)
顯而易見 / 显而易见 (xiǎn'éryìjiàn)

(wise): 賢明／贤明 (xiánmíng)
(bright): 燦爛／灿烂 (cànlàn), 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng), 鮮明／鲜明 (xiānmíng), 鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn)

Noun

顯明

(literary) sunrise

Synonyms

日出 (rìchū)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顯明):

→ Japanese: 顕明(けんめい) (kenmei)
→ Korean: 현명(顯明) (hyeonmyeong)
→ Vietnamese: hiển minh (顯明)