明明白白

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (明明白白)		明	明	白	白
AABB-type reduplication of 明白 (míngbai)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngmíngbáibái

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ ming⁴ baak⁶ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngmíngbáibái
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngmíngbáibái
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-ming²-pai²-pai²
    • Yale: míng-míng-bái-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingmingbairbair
    • Palladius: минминбайбай (minminbajbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ ming⁴ baak⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: mìhng mìhng baahk baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ ming⁴ baak⁹ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ming⁴ bag⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ mɪŋ²¹ paːk̚² paːk̚²/

Adjective

明明白白

1. very clear

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	明	白	白
Grade: 2	Grade: 2	Grade: 1	Grade: 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 明明白白 – see the following entry.

【明々白々めいめいはくはく】 [adjective] clearly evident, obvious, crystal-clear

(This term, 明明白白, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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