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míng

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míng
  1. 1.to close (the eyes)

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  1. 1.to close one's eyes
  2. 2.dim
  3. 3.only used in 暝眩

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *meːn, *meːns, *meːŋ): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 冥 (OC *meːŋ, “dark”) – to close one's eyes. Cognate with 冥 (OC *meːŋ, “dark”) (Karlgren 1956, Schuessler 2007). * Mandarin *:(Pinyin): míng, mǐng (ming², ming³) *:(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ, ㄇㄧㄥˇ * Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ / ming⁵ * Eastern Min (BUC): mìng * Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming² * Southern Min *: (Hokkien, POJ): bêng / mî / mêe *: (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ * Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min * Mandarin ** (Standard Chinese)⁺ *** Hanyu Pinyin: míng *** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ *** Tongyong Pinyin: míng *** Wade–Giles: ming² *** Yale: míng *** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming *** Palladius: мин (min) *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /miŋ³⁵/ ** (Standard Chinese)⁺ *** Hanyu Pinyin: mǐng *** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˇ *** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐng *** Wade–Giles: ming³ *** Yale: mǐng *** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miing *** Palladius: мин (min) *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /miŋ²¹⁴/ * Cantonese ** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong) *** Jyutping: ming⁴ / ming⁵ *** Yale: mìhng / míhng *** Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ / ming⁵ *** Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ / ming⁵ *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /mɪŋ²¹/, /mɪŋ¹³/ * Eastern Min ** (Fuzhou) *** Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /miŋ⁵³/ * Puxian Min ** (Putian) *** Pouseng Ping'ing: ming² *** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: míng *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /miŋ¹³/ ** (Xianyou) *** Pouseng Ping'ing: ming² *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /miŋ²⁴/ * Southern Min ** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou) *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng *** Tâi-lô: bîng *** Phofsit Daibuun: beeng *** Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴/ *** Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³/ ** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen) *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî *** Tâi-lô: mî *** Phofsit Daibuun: mii *** Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mĩ²⁴/ ** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou) *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mêe *** Tâi-lô: mêe *** Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃¹³/ Note: *bêng - literary; *mî/mêe - vernacular. ** (Teochew) *** Peng'im: mêng⁵ *** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng *** Sinological IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /meŋ⁵⁵/ * Wu ** (Northern: Shanghai) *** Wugniu: ⁶min *** MiniDict: min^去 *** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min *** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²³/ * Middle Chinese: meng * Old Chinese *: (Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ/

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