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míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
南京 Nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
Míng Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God
míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
míng to engrave / inscribed motto
míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
明朝 Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
复明 Míng to restore the Ming dynasty
míng Thea sinensis / young leaves of tea
míng dark / deep / stupid / the underworld
明清 Míng Qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
老友 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
永乐 Yǒng Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
万历 Wàn reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619)
建文 Jiàn Wén Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402
朱棣 Zhū Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
正统 Zhèng tǒng Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
提督 the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
汤显祖 Tāng Xiǎn Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[Mu3 dan5 Ting2]
南苑 Nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
金瓶梅 Jīn píng méi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
míng to drizzle / sea
正德 Zhèng Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]


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