明星

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (明星)		明	星

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ sing¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-sên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-seng / bêng-chheⁿ / bêng-chhiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ cên¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngsing
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-hsing¹
    • Yale: míng-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshing
    • Palladius: минсин (minsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 明星 明興 / 明兴

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: mìhng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit 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: min² sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengsefng
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁵ cên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng tsheⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³/

Noun

明星

1. celebrity; star

   明星選手／明星选手  ―  míngxīng xuǎnshǒu  ―  star player

   那位女明星扭捏地走過舞臺。 [MSC, trad.]
   那位女明星扭捏地走过舞台。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà wèi nǚ míngxīng niǔniē de zǒu guò wǔtái. [Pinyin]

   The female star minced onto the stage.

2. (literary) bright star

   • 明星影亂棲烏驚，火光辟寒春已生。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     明星影乱栖乌惊，火光辟寒春已生。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     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)

3. (literary) Venus

Synonyms

• (celebrity):

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• 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

Sino-Xenic (明星):

• → 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.