名義

See also: 名义

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (名義)		名	義
simp. (名义)		名	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ji⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-ngi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-gī / miâ-gī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mian⁵ ngi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngyì
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-i⁴
    • Yale: míng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyih
    • Palladius: минъи (minʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ji⁶
    • Yale: mìhng yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: miang^ˇ ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-gī
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benggi
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-gī
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mia'gi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ ɡi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mian⁵ ngi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miâⁿ ngĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjieng ngjeH

Rime
Character	名	義
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武并切	宜寄切
Baxter	mjieng	ngjeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋ/	/ŋˠiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋ/	/ŋᵚiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋ/	/ŋiɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/ŋjiə̆H/
Li Rong	/miɛŋ/	/ŋjeH/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋ/	/ŋǐeH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋ/	/ŋie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	yì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming4	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.meŋ  ŋ(r)aj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*meŋ  ŋrals/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	名	義
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng	yì
Middle Chinese	‹ mjieng ›	‹ ngjeH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.meŋ/	/*ŋ(r)aj-s/
English	name	duty; justice
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	名	義
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9178	13045
Phonetic component	名	我
Rime group	耕	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	名	議
Old Chinese	/*meŋ/	/*ŋrals/

Noun

名義

1. name; title (especially in the expression “in the name of”)

   以革命的名義／以革命的名义  ―  yǐ gémìng de míngyì  ―  in the name of revolution

2. form; appearance; ostensible purpose

   名義上／名义上  ―  míngyì shàng  ―  nominal(ly)

3. (Classical) fame and justice

Derived terms

• 名義工資 / 名义工资 (míngyì gōngzī)
• 名義所得 / 名义所得

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名義):

• → Japanese: 名(めい)義(ぎ) (meigi)
• → Korean: 명의(名義) (myeong'ui)
• → Vietnamese: danh nghĩa (名義)