盛名

Chinese

		flourishing; to hold; contain flourishing; to hold; contain; to ladle; pick up with a utensil; surname	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place
trad. (盛名)		盛	名
simp. ^#(盛名)		盛	名

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁶ ming⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing⁵ ming²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sēng-bêng / sēng-miâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèngmíng
  - Wade–Giles: shêng⁴-ming²
  - Yale: shèng-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenqming
  - Palladius: шэнмин (šɛnmin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    盛名
    聖明 / 圣明
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁶ ming⁴
  - Yale: sihng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁶ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁶ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²² mɪŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing⁵ ming²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sīng-míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ¹¹ miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sing⁵ ming²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ²¹ miŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: sīng-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sexngbeeng
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng-miâ
  - Tâi-lô: sīng-miâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sexngmiaa
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ miã²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/

Noun

盛名

great reputation; fame; renown; prestige
最負盛名／最负盛名 ― zuì fù shèngmíng ― to be the most prestigious

Synonyms

信譽 / 信誉 (xìnyù) (trustworthiness and reputation)
名望 (míngwàng)
名氣 / 名气 (míngqì)
名聲 / 名声 (míngshēng)
名色 (míngsè) (literary or Xiamen Hokkien)
名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
名頭 / 名头 (mian⁵ tao⁵) (Teochew, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
威信 (wēixìn)
威望 (wēiwàng)
字號 / 字号 (dialectal)
榮譽 / 荣誉 (róngyù) (honorable reputation)
權威 / 权威 (quánwēi)
牌匾 (páibiǎn) (figurative)
美名 (měimíng) (good name)
美譽 / 美誉 (měiyù) (good name)
羽毛 (yǔmáo) (literary, figurative)
聲名 / 声名 (shēngmíng)
聲望 / 声望 (shēngwàng)
聲譽 / 声誉 (shēngyù)
英名 (yīngmíng) (illustrious name)
高名 (gāomíng) (literary)

Derived terms

久負盛名 / 久负盛名 (jiǔfùshèngmíng)
夙負盛名 / 夙负盛名
盛名難副 / 盛名难副

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (盛名):

→ Japanese: 盛名(せいめい) (seimei)
→ Korean: 성명(盛名) (seongmyeong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盛	名
せい Grade: 6	めい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーめー [sèéméé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːme̞ː]

Noun

盛(せい)名(めい) • (seimei)

great reputation; fame; renown; prestige
盛(せい)名(めい)を馳(は)せる
seimei o haseru
to be famous; to be well-known

ご盛(せい)名(めい)は予々(かねがね)承(うけたまわ)っております。
Go-seimei wa kanegane uketamawatteorimasu.
I've long heard of your excellent reputation.
(Literally, “Your esteemed reputation, I have humbly been hearing of for some time.”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “盛名”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
盛	名

Noun

盛名 • (seongmyeong) (hangeul 성명)

hanja form^? of 성명