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| 名 | míng | name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people |
| 命 | mìng | life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |
| 南京 | Nán jīng | see 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949) |
| 万历 | Wàn lì | reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619) |
| 明太祖 | Míng Tài zǔ | Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] |
| 张怡 | Zhāng yí | Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing |
| 弦而鼓之 | xián ér gǔ zhī | to put strings on the zither, then play it (line from a Ming dynasty text by 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1]) / (fig.) to play music |
| 朱元璋 | Zhū Yuán zhāng | Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] |
| 西游记 | Xī yóu jì | "Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[Wu2 Cheng2 en1], one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey" |
| 封神榜 | Fēng shén Bǎng | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc |
| 郑和 | Zhèng Hé | Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer |
| 明 | Míng | Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God |
| 明 | míng | bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 封神演义 | Fēng shén Yǎn yì | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc |
| 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] |
| 唐伯虎 | Táng Bó hǔ | Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
| 明史 | Míng shǐ | History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls |
| 明报 | Míng Bào | Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) |
| 明末清初 | Míng mò Qīng chū | late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century |
| 侍郎 | shì láng | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) |
| 冯梦龙 | Féng Mèng lóng | Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1] |
| 王阳明 | Wáng Yáng míng | Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2] |
| 明成祖 | Míng Chéng zǔ | Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4] |
| 唐明皇 | Táng Míng huáng | Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], reigned 712-756 |
| 唐玄宗 | Táng Xuán zōng | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756 |