冥冥

Chinese

		dark; deep	dark; deep
simp. and trad. (冥冥)		冥	冥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁵ ming⁵, ming⁴ ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngmíng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-ming²
  - Yale: míng-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingming
  - Palladius: минмин (minmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁵ ming⁵, ming⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: míhng míhng, mìhng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁵ ming⁵, ming⁴ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁵ ming⁵, ming⁴ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ¹³ mɪŋ¹³/, /mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /meŋ meŋ/

Rime
Character	冥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	莫經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/mieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤeŋ mˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*meːŋ meːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	冥
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	míng
Middle Chinese	‹ meng ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁeŋ/
English	dark
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冥
Reading #	1/1
No.	9197
Phonetic component	冥
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	冥
Old Chinese	/*meːŋ/

Adjective

冥冥

(literary, ideophonic) dusky; dark and gloomy
- 冥冥子規叫，微徑不敢取。 [MSC, trad.]
  冥冥子规叫，微径不敢取。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 759 CE, Du Fu, At Dharma Mirror Temple (《法鏡寺》)
  Míngmíng zǐguī jiào, wēijìng bùgǎn qǔ. [Pinyin]
  Dark in the distance the cuckoo crows Go Go,
  The narrow path to the temple I dare not seek.

Synonyms

Synonyms of 冥冥

昏暗 (hūn'àn)
昏沉 (hūnchén)
昏黑 (hūnhēi)
晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
晦暗 (huì'àn) (literary)
暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)

黑暗 (hēi'àn)
慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
慘白／惨白 (cǎnbái)
烏暗／乌暗 (Min Nan)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 冥冥

俏冥冥
冥冥中
冥冥之中
冥冥之志
悄冥冥
悄悄冥冥
渺渺冥冥
窈窈冥冥

窈窕冥冥
薄暮冥冥
邈冥冥
愁緒冥冥／愁绪冥冥
飛鴻冥冥／飞鸿冥冥
鴻飛冥冥／鸿飞冥冥
鴻飛冥冥，弋人何慕／鸿飞冥冥，弋人何慕

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