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孔明

孔明

Chinese

		hole; (surname)	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (孔明)		孔	明

Noun

孔明

courtesy name of Zhuge Liang

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孔	明
こう Grade: S	めい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Proper noun

孔明 ‎(hiragana こうめい, romaji Kōmei)

A male given name

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǒngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Min Nan (POJ): khóng-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǒngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koongming
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ miŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: khóng-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofngbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/