# 明月
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): míngyuè
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ming$^4$ jyut$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-ngie̍t / mìn-ngia̍t
* Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-nguŏk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-goa̍t / bêng-goe̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng$^5$ ghuêh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$min-yuq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: míngyuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: míngyuè
*** Wade–Giles: ming$^2$-yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: míng-ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyueh
*** Palladius: минъюэ (minʺjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ming$^4$ jyut$^6$
*** Yale: mìhng yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ming$^4$ jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ming$^4$ yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪŋ²¹ jyːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngie̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: min$^ˇ$ ngied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: min$^2$ ngiad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ŋi̯et̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-ngia̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: min$^ˇ$ ngiad
*** Hagfa Pinyim: min$^2$ ngiad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ŋi̯at̚⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-nguŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋuoʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goa̍t
*** Tâi-lô: bîng-gua̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: benggoat
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡuat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡuat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡuat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-goe̍h
*** Tâi-lô: bîng-gue̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: benggoeh
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡueʔ⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mêng$^5$ ghuêh$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng gue̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡueʔ⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$min-yuq
*** MiniDict: min$^去$ yuih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$min-hhyq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² ɦyɪʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: mjaeng ngjwot
Rime :
| Character | 明 | 月 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (111) | 月 (68) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 武兵切 | 魚厥切 |
| Baxter | mjaeng | ngjwot |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiæŋ/ | /ŋʉɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚiaŋ/ | /ŋʷiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miaŋ/ | /ŋiuɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /miajŋ/ | /ŋuat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /miɐŋ/ | /ŋiuɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭɐŋ/ | /ŋĭwɐt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯ɐŋ/ | /ŋi̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | míng | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ming$^4$ | jyut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mraŋ [ŋ]ʷat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mraŋ ŋod/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 明 | 月 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | míng | yuè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjæng › | ‹ ngjwot › |
| Old Chinese | /*mraŋ/ | /*[ŋ]ʷat/ |
| English | bright | moon, month |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 明 | 月 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9188 | 16319 |
| Phonetic component | 明 | 月 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 明 | 月 |
| Old Chinese | /*mraŋ/ | /*ŋod/ |

### Noun

明月
* bright moon (Classifier: 輪／轮; 彎／弯)
    From: 8th century, 李白 (Li Bai), 月下獨酌四首·其一 (“Drinking Alone Under the Moon - 1”)
    Jǔbēi yāo míngyuè, duì yǐng chéng sān rén. [Pinyin]
    [I] raise a cup to invite the bright moon [to drink together], along with my shadow we become a party of three.
    From: 1076, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 水調歌頭 (明月幾時有) (“Water Melody (When Will the Bright Moon Appear)”)
    Míngyuè jǐshí yǒu? Bǎjiǔ wèn qīngtiān. [Pinyin]
    When will the bright moon appear? [I] pick an alcohol [vessel] and ask the blue sky.
    From: 1987, 李克勤 (Hacken Lee), 月半小夜曲
    jan$^4$ jyu$^4$ tin$^1$ soeng$^6$ dik$^1$ ming$^4$ jyut$^6$, si$^6$ bat$^1$ ho$^2$ jung$^2$ jau$^5$. [Jyutping]
    She, like the bright moon in the sky, is a person whom I cannot own.
    From: 2014, 蕭煌奇 (Ricky Hsiao), 上水的花 (“The Most Beautiful Flower”)
    Pêng-iú mē góa thài liông-pōe, tòe tio̍h lí lin-long se̍h, m̄ chai lí sī góa tō͘-kòe o͘-àm ê bêng-goe̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    My friends bash me for getting too exhausted by following you round and round, not knowing that you are the bright moon when I get through dark times.
* a kind of legendary pearl that shines at night
* (literary, figurative) pearl; jewel
* (literary, figurative) teardrop
* (literary) next month

#### Synonyms

(bright moon):
* 冰輪 / 冰轮 (bīnglún) (literary)
* 皎月 (jiǎoyuè) (literary)
* 皓月 (hàoyuè)
(pearl that shines at night):
* 夜明珠 (yèmíngzhū)

#### Derived terms

* 二分明月
* 明月不常圓 / 明月不常圆
* 明月之珠
* 明月之詩 / 明月之诗
* 明月光
* 明月入懷 / 明月入怀
* 明月入抱
* 明月峽 / 明月峡
* 明月清風 / 明月清风
* 明月珠
* 明月璫 / 明月珰
* 明月與礫同囊 / 明月与砾同囊
* 明月蘆花 / 明月芦花
* 水底撈明月 / 水底捞明月
* 清風明月 / 清风明月
* 隋侯明月

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 明月(めいげつ) (meigetsu)
* → Korean: 명월(明月) (myeong'wol)
* → Vietnamese: minh nguyệt (明月)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 明 | 月 |

### Noun

明月 • (myeong'wol) (hangeul 명월)
* hanja form of 명월 (“bright moon”)