不明

Chinese

not; no
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad.
(不明)
不 明

Pronunciation


Verb

不明

  1. (literary) to not understand
  2. (literary) to not be clear; to not be known; to be unknown
    來路不明/来路不明  ―  láilù bùmíng  ―  to be of unknown origin
    去向不明  ―  qùxiàng bùmíng  ―  of unclear whereabouts
    不明真相的吃瓜群眾 [MSC, trad.]
    不明真相的吃瓜群众 [MSC, simp.]
    bùmíng zhēnxiàng de chīguā qúnzhòng [Pinyin]
    the innocent bystanders
    作者不明的故事  ―  zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì  ―  a story of unknown authorship
    該血樣來源不明。/该血样来源不明。  ―  Gāi xuèyàng láiyuán bùmíng.  ―  The source of the blood sample is unknown.
    失事原因不明。  ―  Shīshì yuányīn bùmíng.  ―  The cause of the crash is not known.
  3. (literary) to not shine
  4. (literary) to be unenlightened; to lack wisdom

Synonyms

  • (to not understand):

Antonyms

  • (to not understand):

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 明
ふ
Grade: 4
めい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふめー [fùméé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝme̞ː]

Adjective

不(ふ)明(めい) • (fumei) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)明(めい)な (fumei na), adverbial 不(ふ)明(めい)に (fumei ni))

  1. unknown
    Synonym: 不詳 (fushō)
    • 1916, 穂積陳重, 法窓夜話:
      第(だい)一(いち)に、氏(し)の生(せい)死(し)の年(ねん)月(がつ)が不(ふ)明(めい)である。
      Daiichi ni, shi no seishi no nengatsu ga fumei de aru.
      To start with, the dates of his birth and death are unknown.
  2. unclear
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 硝子戸の中:
      多(た)分(ぶん)この辺(へん)だろうと推(すい)測(そく)した私(わたし)の見(けん)当(とう)は、当(あた)っているのか、外(はず)れているのか、それさえ不(ふ)明(めい)であった。
      Tabun kono hen darō to suisoku shita watashi no kentō wa, atatteiru no ka, hazureteiru no ka, sore sae fumei de atta.
      I thought it would be around there, but it was unclear if I was even right about that.
  3. indistinct

Inflection

Noun

不(ふ)明(めい) • (fumei) 

  1. uncertainty
  2. ignorance

References

  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
不明

Adjective

不明

  1. chữ Hán form of bất minh.
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