Chinese Character 鳴 (ming4 | ming4 ming2 ) : [1] cry; sing; chirp; warble (birds); crow (co

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鳴
ming4 ming4 ming2
[1] cry; sing; chirp; warble (birds); crow (cocks) [2] [v] make sounds; sound [3] the notes of birds Stroke count: 14 Level: 3 Radical: (#196) This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
鳴 / 鸣
* This entry has been marked as UNSURE by an editor, so it may not be fully accurate * This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 13th Nov 2008
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百家爭鳴 baak3 gaa1 zang1 ming4 bai3 jia1 zheng1 ming2 = let a hundred schools of thought strive 共鳴 gung6 ming4 gong4 ming2 = sympathetic/empathic response to something 一雞死一雞鳴 jat1 gai1 sei2 jat1 gai1 ming4 = "one cock is dead, another one crows" 不平則鳴 bat1 ping4 zak1 ming4 bu4 ping2 ze2 ming2 = where there is injustice; there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice 國悲鳴 bei1 ming4 bei1 ming2 = lament; utter sad calls 蜂鳴器 fung1 ming4 hei3 feng1 ming2 qi4 = electric buzzer 耳鳴 ji5 ming4 = experience ringing in the ears 哀鳴 oi1 ming4 ai1 ming2 = a plaintive whine; wail 鸞鳳和鳴 lyun4 fung6 wo4 ming4 luan2 feng4 he2 ming2 = two birds sing together; couple's life is very good, is happily married 喉鳴 hau4 ming4 hou2 ming2 = throat sound such as choking, a donkey's bray, etc. See all 14 compounds
Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 鳴
Unicode code for this character: U+9CF4 (off-site link)

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