明示

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	to show; reveal
trad. (明示)		明	示
simp. ^#(明示)		明	示

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngshì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ si⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngshìh
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-shih⁴
  - Yale: míng-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingshyh
  - Palladius: минши (minši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    名士
    明世
    明示
    盟誓
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ si⁶
  - Yale: mìhng sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ siː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sī
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengsi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² si⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² si²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ si³³/

Verb

明示

to express clearly

Antonyms

暗示 (ànshì)
暗指 (ànzhǐ)

Adjective

明示

(attributive) explicit

Antonyms

默示 (mòshì)

Derived terms

明示同意 (míngshì tóngyì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (明示):

→ Japanese: 明示(めいじ) (meiji)
→ Korean: 명시(明示) (myeongsi)
→ Vietnamese: minh thị (明示)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	示
めい Grade: 2	じ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

明(めい)示(じ) • (meiji)

explication, demonstration, manifestation

Antonyms

暗示(あんじ) (anji): hint, implication, intimation, suggestion

Verb

明(めい)示(じ)する • (meiji suru) transitive suru (stem 明(めい)示(じ)し (meiji shi), past 明(めい)示(じ)した (meiji shita))

to express clearly, to explicate, to demonstrate, to manifestate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "明示する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	明示し	めいじし	meiji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	明示し	めいじし	meiji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	明示する	めいじする	meiji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	明示する	めいじする	meiji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	明示すれ	めいじすれ	meiji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	明示せよ¹ 明示しろ²	めいじせよ¹ めいじしろ²	meiji seyo¹ meiji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	明示される	めいじされる	meiji sareru
Causative	明示させる明示さす	めいじさせるめいじさす	meiji saseru meiji sasu
Potential	明示できる	めいじできる	meiji dekiru
Volitional	明示しよう	めいじしよう	meiji shiyō
Negative	明示しない	めいじしない	meiji shinai
Negative continuative	明示せず	めいじせず	meiji sezu
Formal	明示します	めいじします	meiji shimasu
Perfective	明示した	めいじした	meiji shita
Conjunctive	明示して	めいじして	meiji shite
Hypothetical conditional	明示すれば	めいじすれば	meiji sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“明示”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
明	示

Noun

明示 • (myeongsi) (hangeul 명시)

hanja form^? of 명시