名媛

名媛

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	a beauty
simp. and trad. (名媛)		名	媛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngyuàn, míngyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, literary variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: míngyuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyuann
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ y̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, common variant in Mainland)
    • Pinyin: míngyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyuan
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ y̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁴, ming⁴ jyun⁶
    • Yale: mìhng wùhn, mìhng yùhn, mìhng yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ jyn⁴, ming⁴ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ wun⁴, ming⁴ yun⁴, ming⁴ yun⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ wuːn²¹/, /mɪŋ²¹ jyːn²¹/, /mɪŋ²¹ jyːn²²/

Noun

名媛

1. (formal) famous woman

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	媛
めい Grade: 1	えん Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) めーえん [mèééń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

名媛 (hiragana めいえん, rōmaji meien, historical hiragana めいゑん)

1. famous woman

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN