高明

Chinese

		high; tall	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (高明)		高	明

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāomíng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-mìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-bêng / ko-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāomíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaomíng
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-ming²
  - Yale: gāu-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauming
  - Palladius: гаомин (gaomin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: gōu mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˊ min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko²⁴ min¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: koo-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'beeng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: ko-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/

Adjective

高明

brilliant; wise; ingenious; superb
醫術高明／医术高明 ― yīshù gāomíng ― to have superb medical skills

Synonyms

深湛 (shēnzhàn)
湛深 (zhànshēn) (literary)
精深 (jīngshēn)
精湛 (jīngzhàn)
高深 (gāoshēn)
高等 (gāoděng)
高超 (gāochāo)

Derived terms

高明遠見 / 高明远见
高明遠識 / 高明远识

Noun

高明

(literary) someone better qualified; expert; brilliant person

Derived terms

另請高明 / 另请高明 (lìngqǐnggāomíng)

Proper noun

高明

(～區) Gaoming (a district of Foshan, Guangdong, China)
(～縣) (historical) Gaoming County, a former county of Guangdong administered as part of Zhaoqing Commandery (肇慶府)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	明
たか Grade: 2	あき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

高(たか)明(あき) • (Takaaki)

a male given name