"無明" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /mo¹¹ min¹¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/, /mou̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/, /mo¹¹ min¹¹/, /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/, /bu²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/, /bu¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/, /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/, /bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/ Chinese transliterations: wúmíng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mou⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mò-mìn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], bû-bêng, wúmíng [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wúmíng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wu²-ming² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wú-míng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wuming [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], умин [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], umin [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mou⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], mòuh mìhng [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], mou⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], mou⁴ ming⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], mò-mìn [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], mo^ˇ min^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], mo² min² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], bû-bêng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], bû-bîng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], bu'beeng [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], mju mjaeng [Middle-Chinese], /*ma|mo mraŋ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ma mraŋ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 无明
Etymology: ; ignorant; unintelligent Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 無明
  1. (archaic) unable to see; blind Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-無明-zh-adj-c8UlRUih Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. (Buddhism) ignorant; unintelligent
    Sense id: en-無明-zh-adj-MA97jOpR Categories (other): Buddhism, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: 無明 [canonical] (ruby: (), (みょう)), mumyō [romanization]
Etymology: From Chinese. See there for more. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|むみょう}} 無(む)明(みょう) • (mumyō)
  1. (religion, Buddhism): avidyā: unenlightenment, ignorance of nirvana and of the fundamental state of existence

Noun [Korean]

Forms: mumyeong [romanization], 무명 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hangeul=무명}} 無明 • (mumyeong) (hangeul 무명)
  1. hanja form of 무명 (“avidyā: unenlightenment, ignorance of nirvana and of the fundamental state of existence”) Tags: form-of, hanja Form of: 무명 (extra: avidyā: unenlightenment, ignorance of nirvana and of the fundamental state of existence)

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 無明, {{vi-noun|sc=Hani}} 無明
  1. chữ Hán form of vô minh (“avidyā: unenlightenment, ignorance of nirvana and of the fundamental state of existence”).
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      "ipa": "/u³⁵ miŋ³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/mo¹¹ min¹¹/"
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      "ipa": "/bu²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.