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黎明

黎明

Chinese

		(surname); black; abbreviation for Lebanon	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (黎明)		黎	明

Noun

黎明

(Intermediate Mandarin, literary) dawn

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黎	明
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 2

Noun

黎明 ‎(hiragana れいめい, romaji reimei)

dawn

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): límíng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁴ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì-mìn
Min Nan (POJ): lê-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: límíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liming
  - IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lai⁴ ming⁴
  - Yale: làih mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁴ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: liˇ minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: li² min²
  - IPA: /li¹¹ min¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: lê-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: le'beeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/