"明言" meaning in Chinese

See 明言 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /miŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mɪŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 明言
  1. to state clearly; to pronounce
    Sense id: en-明言-zh-verb-nmwOGgcR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 95 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 2 3
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "96 2 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "to state clearly; to pronounce"
      ],
      "id": "en-明言-zh-verb-nmwOGgcR",
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "clearly",
          "clearly"
        ],
        [
          "pronounce",
          "pronounce"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bêng-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming²-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míng-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mingyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "minʺjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "минъянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "名言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "明言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mìhng yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "名言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "明言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bêng-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bîng-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "benggieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "明言"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "言明"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "明言",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with homophones",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 明",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 言",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to state clearly; to pronounce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "clearly",
          "clearly"
        ],
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          "pronounce",
          "pronounce"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bêng-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míngyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming²-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "míng-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mingyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "minʺjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "минъянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "名言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "明言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mìhng yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁴ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "名言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "明言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bêng-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bîng-giân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "benggieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "明言"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 明言 meaning in Chinese (3.5kB)

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