明言

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad. (明言)		明	言
anagram		言明

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngyán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ jin⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-giân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngyán
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-yen²
  - Yale: míng-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingyan
  - Palladius: минъянь (minʺjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    明言
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: mìhng yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ jiːn²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    名言
    明言
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-giân
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-giân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: benggieen
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɡiɛn¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡiɛn²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɡiɛn²³/

Verb

明言

to state clearly; to pronounce

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	言
めい Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

明(めい)言(げん) • (meigen)

clear and definite statement, assertion

Synonyms

言明(げんめい) (genmei), 断言(だんげん) (dangen), 確言(かくげん) (kakugen), 声明(せいめい) (seimei)

Verb

明(めい)言(げん)する • (meigen suru) transitive suru (stem 明(めい)言(げん)し (meigen shi), past 明(めい)言(げん)した (meigen shita))

state clearly
支持(しじ)を明言(めいげん)した。
Shiji o meigen shita.
We stated our support clearly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "明言する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	明言し	めいげんし	meigen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	明言し	めいげんし	meigen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	明言する	めいげんする	meigen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	明言する	めいげんする	meigen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	明言すれ	めいげんすれ	meigen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	明言せよ¹ 明言しろ²	めいげんせよ¹ めいげんしろ²	meigen seyo¹ meigen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	明言される	めいげんされる	meigen sareru
Causative	明言させる明言さす	めいげんさせるめいげんさす	meigen saseru meigen sasu
Potential	明言できる	めいげんできる	meigen dekiru
Volitional	明言しよう	めいげんしよう	meigen shiyō
Negative	明言しない	めいげんしない	meigen shinai
Negative continuative	明言せず	めいげんせず	meigen sezu
Formal	明言します	めいげんします	meigen shimasu
Perfective	明言した	めいげんした	meigen shita
Conjunctive	明言して	めいげんして	meigen shite
Hypothetical conditional	明言すれば	めいげんすれば	meigen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“明言”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN