# 明星
## Chinese

* 明星

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): míngxīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ming$^4$ sing$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-sên
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chheⁿ / bêng-chhiⁿ / bêng-seng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng$^5$ cên$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: míngxīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: míngsing
*** Wade–Giles: ming$^2$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: míng-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshing
*** Palladius: минсин (minsin)
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$明星 明興 / 明兴
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ming$^4$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: mìhng sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ming$^4$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ming$^4$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$名聲 / 名声 明星
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-sên
*** Hakka Romanization System: min$^ˇ$ sen$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: min$^2$ sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ sen²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: bîng-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bengzhvef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: bîng-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bengchvy
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-seng
*** Tâi-lô: bîng-sing
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bengsefng
*** IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mêng$^5$ cên$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng tsheⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/

### Noun

明星
* celebrity; star
    明星選手／明星选手 ― míngxīng xuǎnshǒu ― star player
       Nà wèi nǚ míngxīng niǔniē de zǒu guò wǔtái. [Pinyin]
       The female star minced onto the stage.
* (literary) bright star
    From: 14th century, 高啓 (Gao Qi), 《照田蠶詞》
    Míngxīng yǐng luàn qī wū jīng, huǒguāng bìhán chūn yǐ shēng. [Pinyin]
    In bright starlight disorderly shadows are cast, startling the perched crows; / Flames from torches burn off the cold, giving birth to spring. (Translated by Jonathan Chaves, with modifications)
* (literary) Venus

#### Synonyms

* (celebrity):
* 公眾人物 / 公众人物 (gōngzhòng rénwù)
* 名人 (míngrén)
* 名流 (míngliú) (formal)
* 大牌 (dàpái) (figurative)
* 知名人士 (zhīmíng rénshì)

#### Derived terms

* 明星臉 / 明星脸 (míngxīngliǎn)
* 超級明星 / 超级明星 (chāojí míngxīng)
* 電影明星 / 电影明星 (diànyǐng míngxīng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 明星(みょうじょう) (myōjō) (see there for further descendants)
* → Korean: 명성(明星) (myeongseong)
* → Vietnamese: minh tinh (明星)

#### See also

* 大腕 (dàwàn)
* 萬人迷／万人迷 (wànrénmí)
* 偶像 (ǒuxiàng)
* 巨星 (jùxīng)

### References

* “明星”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 明 | 星 |
| みょう Grade: 2 | しょう > じょう Grade: 2 |
| goon ||
/mjauzjau/ → /mjɔːzjɔː/ → /mjoːd͡ʑoː/
From Middle Chinese 明星 (MC mjaeng seng).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みょーじょー [myòójóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲo̞ːʑo̞ː]

#### Noun

明(みょう)星(じょう) • (myōjō)
* (astronomy) a bright star, especially Venus as the morning star or evening star
* (figurative) an extraordinarily popular or otherwise outstanding person, such as someone of notable talent or virtue

##### Derived terms

* 明(あ)けの明(みょう)星(じょう) (ake no myōjō): literally, “bright star of the dawn”: the morning star, Venus
* 宵(よい)の明(みょう)星(じょう) (yoi no myōjō): literally, “bright star of the evening”: the evening star, Venus

##### Descendants

* → Portuguese: miojo

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 明 | 星 |
| あか Grade: 2 | ほし > ぼし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 明星 – see the following entry. :
| 【あかぼし】 | [noun] 明星: a bright star or shooting star [noun] 赤星, 明星: the morning star, Venus, especially when seen in the east just before dawn [noun] 赤星, 明星: (rare) Jupiter [noun] 赤星, 明星: (rare) Antares [proper noun] 明星, 赤星: a surname Alternative spelling 赤星 |
(This term, 明星, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 明 | 星 |

### Noun

明星
* chữ Hán form of minh tinh (“movie star”).