明治

㍾ U+337E, ㍾ SQUARE ERA NAME MEIZI ← ㍽ [U+337D] CJK Compatibility ㍿ → [U+337F]

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (明治)		明	治

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Etymology

"Meiji"

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 明治 (Meiji).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Míngzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bêng-tī / Bêng-tǐ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Míngzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Míngjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: Ming²-chih⁴
    • Yale: Míng-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Mingjyh
    • Palladius: Минчжи (Minčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: mìhng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 名字 明治

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-tī
    • Tâi-lô: Bîng-tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengdi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ti²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ti²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ti³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ti³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-tǐ
    • Tâi-lô: Bîng-tǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ti²²/

Proper noun

明治

1. Meiji era of Japanese history

   明治憲法／明治宪法  ―  míngzhì xiànfǎ  ―  the Meiji Constitution

Derived terms

• 明治維新 / 明治维新 (Míngzhì Wéixīn)