名詞

名詞

See also: 名词

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (名詞)		名	詞
simp. (名词)		名	词

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngcí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ci⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-chhṳ̀
• Min Nan (POJ): bêng-sîr / miâ-sû / bêng-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: míngcí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtsy
    • IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: mìhng chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qi⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-chhṳ̀
    • Hakka Romanization System: miangˇ ciiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² ci²
    • IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sîr
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-sîr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sɯ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-sû
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miasuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ su²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sû
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengsuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ su²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² su¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/

Noun

名詞

1. (grammar) noun
2. term; expression; phrase
3. (philosophy) name; concept

Derived terms

代名詞／代名词 (dàimíngcí) 具體名詞／具体名词 (jùtǐ míngcí) 動名詞／动名词 (dòngmíngcí) 固有名詞／固有名词 (gùyǒu míngcí) 專有名詞／专有名词 (zhuānyǒu míngcí)

抽象名詞／抽象名词 (chōuxiàng míngcí) 新名詞／新名词 (xīnmíngcí) 普通名詞／普通名词 (pǔtōng míngcí) 集合名詞／集合名词 (jíhé míngcí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名詞):

• → Japanese: 名 (めい)詞 (し) (meishi)
• → Korean: 명사 (名詞, myeongsa)
• → Vietnamese: danh từ (名詞)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	詞
めい Grade: 1	し Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) めーし [mèéshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [me̞ːɕi]

Noun

名詞 (hiragana めいし, rōmaji meishi)

1. (grammar) noun

Related terms

• 普 (ふ)通 (つう)名 (めい)詞 (し) (futsūmeishi): common noun
• 固 (こ)有 (ゆう)名 (めい)詞 (し) (koyūmeishi): proper noun
• 代名詞 (だいめいし) (daimeishi): pronoun
• 一 (いっ)般 (ぱん)名 (めい)詞 (し) (ippanmeishi): common noun

• 男 (だん)性 (せい)名 (めい)詞 (し) (danseimeishi): masculine noun
• 女 (じょ)性 (せい)名 (めい)詞 (し) (joseimeishi): feminine noun
• 中 (ちゅう)性 (せい)名 (めい)詞 (し) (chūseimeishi): neuter noun

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
名	詞

Noun

名詞 • (myeongsa) (hangeul 명사)

1. Hanja form^? of 명사 (“noun”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
名	詞

Noun

名詞

1. Hán tự form of danh từ (“noun”).