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[1] bright; light; brilliant [2] clear; understandable; [v] clarify; understand; obvious; evident [3] intelligent; clever [4] eyesight; seeing faculty [5] day; daybreak; dawn [6] [v] state; show; assert [7] next (day or year) [8] the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 A.D.) [9] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 日 (#72)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 35017 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Sep 2019 13:19 |
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明白
ming4 baak6 = to understand; clear, obvious, evident
小明
siu2 ming4 = child
明天
ming4 tin1 = tomorrow 國
明星
ming4 sing1 = pop star; celebrity
明年
ming4 nin4 = next year
不明白
bat1 ming4 baak6 = not clear; unknown; fail to understand 國
唔明白
m4 ming4 baak6 = don't understand 粵
聰明
cung1 ming4 = clever
明明
ming4 ming4 = clearly
文明
man4 ming4 = civilized; civilization; (placename) Mun MingSee all 216 compounds (CantoDict reports 233 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing 10 of 15 examples containing 明
我叫小明。
I am called Siu Ming. [The alternative is 'I am Siu Ming' which is, in Cantonese, '我係小明。 ngo5 hai6 siu2 ming4']
我真係唔明白佢點解噉樣做呀。 粵
I really don't understand why he acts/behaves like this. [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131924,131924#msg-131924] 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: 明
Unicode code for this character: U+660e (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 明
Unicode code for this character: U+660e (off-site link)
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