高明

高明

Chinese

		high; tall	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (高明)		高	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāomíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ ming⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-mìn
• Min Nan (POJ): ko͘-bêng / ko-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gāomíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gauming
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: gōu mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ ming⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: go´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ min²
    • IPA: /ko²⁴ min¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: koo-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ko'beeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: ko-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koi'beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/

Adjective

高明

1. brilliant; wise; ingenious

Derived terms

高明遠見／高明远见

高明遠識／高明远识

Noun

高明

1. (literary) someone better qualified; expert; brilliant person

Derived terms

另請高明／另请高明 (lìngqǐnggāomíng)

Proper noun

高明

1. (～區) Gaoming District in Foshan (佛山市), Guangdong
2. (～縣) (historical) Gaoming County, a former county of Guangdong administered as part of Zhaoqing Commandery (肇慶府)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	明
たか Grade: 2	あき Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Proper noun

高明 (hiragana たかあき, rōmaji Takaaki)

1. A male given name