溟濛

Chinese

	drizzle; sea	drizzle; mist
trad. (溟濛/溟蒙)	溟	濛/蒙
simp. (溟蒙)	溟	蒙
alternative forms	冥蒙冥濛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngméng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ mung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngméng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngméng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-mêng²
  - Yale: míng-méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmeng
  - Palladius: минмэн (minmɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ mung⁴
  - Yale: mìhng mùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ mung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ mung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: meng muwng

Rime
Character	溟	濛
Reading #	1/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	青 (125)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	莫經切	莫紅切
Baxter	meng	muwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛŋ/	/muŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛjŋ/	/məwŋ/
Li Rong	/meŋ/	/muŋ/
Wang Li	/mieŋ/	/muŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mieŋ/	/muŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴	mung⁴

Adjective

溟濛

misty; drizzly
dim; gloomy
(literary, figurative) hazy; obscure

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溟	濛
めい Hyōgai	もう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーもー [mèémóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːmo̞ː]

Adjective

溟(めい)濛(もう) • (meimō) ^†-tari (adnominal 溟(めい)濛(もう)とした (meimō to shita) or 溟(めい)濛(もう)たる (meimō taru), adverbial 溟(めい)濛(もう)と (meimō to) or 溟(めい)濛(もう)として (meimō to shite))

(literary) dim, faint, hazy, gloomy

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
溟	濛

Adjective

溟濛

chữ Nôm form of mênh mông (“vast; immense; extensive; boundless”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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