名字みょうじ

Chinese

		personal name	courtesy name
trad. (名字みょうじ)		名な	字じ
simp. #(名字みょうじ)		名な	字じ
alternative forms		名子なご

Etymology

Combination of 名な (míng, “given name”) and 字じ (zì, “courtesy name, given to an individual at adulthood”). Originally two different types of names in ancient China, in modern Chinese the two characters form a single word.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): míngzi, míngzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): минзы (minzɨ, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zi⁶

• Gan (Wiktionary): 'miang⁴ ci⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): miàng-sṳ
• Northern Min (KCR): miâng-cī
• Eastern Min (BUC): miàng-cê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): miâ-lī / miâ-jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mian⁵ ri⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶min-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: míng-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming.tzy
    • Palladius: минцзы (minczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 名字みょうじ 明子あきこ

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngzìh
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: míng-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtzyh
    • Palladius: минцзы (minczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: минзы (minzɨ, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²⁴ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zi⁶
    • Yale: mìhng jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 名字みょうじ 明治めいじ

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'miang⁴ ci⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈmiaŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: miàng-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: miang^ˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: miang² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯aŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: miâng-cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miaŋ³³ t͡si⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: miàng-cê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-lī
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miali
    • IPA (Xiamen): /miã²⁴⁻²² li²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /miã²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /miã²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: miâ-jī
    • Tâi-lô: miâ-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: miaji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /miã²³⁻³³ zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /miã¹³⁻²² d͡zi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mian⁵ ri⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: miâⁿ jī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zi¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶min-zy
    • MiniDict: min^去さ zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

名字みょうじ

1. name

   起おこり名字みょうじ  ―  qǐ míngzi  ―  to come up with a name

2. full name (of a person)

   你叫さけべ什麼いんも名字みょうじ？／你叫さけべ什么名字みょうじ？  ―  Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?  ―  What's your name?

3. given name

   他た姓せい陳ひね，名字みょうじ叫さけべ華はな清きよし。 [MSC, trad.]
   他た姓せい陈，名字みょうじ叫さけべ华清きよし。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xìng chén, míngzi jiào huá qīng. [Pinyin]

   His last name is Chen, and his given name is Huaqing.

   我わが忘記怎麼拼寫你的てき名字みょうじ來き著しる。 [MSC, trad.]
   我わが忘记怎么拼写你的てき名字みょうじ来着らいちゃく。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ wàngjì zěnme pīnxiě nǐ de míngzì láizhe. [Pinyin]

   I've forgotten how to spell your name.

Synonyms

• (name):

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• 叫さけべ法ほう (jiàofǎ)
• 名な (míng)
• 名な兒じ／名めい儿 (míngr)
• 名目めいもく (míngmù)
• 名稱めいしょう／名称めいしょう (míngchēng)
• 名色なしき (míngsè) (literary)
• 名號みょうごう／名号みょうごう (mínghào) (literary)
• 命名めいめい (mìngmíng)
• 稱呼しょうこ／称呼しょうこ (chēnghū)
• 稱號しょうごう／称号しょうごう (chēnghào) (usually a complementary one)
• 稱しょう謂いい／称しょう谓 (chēngwèi)
• 題目だいもく／题目 (tímù) (archaic)

 

• (full name): (literary or Min Nan, Hakka) 名めい姓せい (míngxìng), 全ぜん名な (quánmíng), 姓名せいめい (xìngmíng)
• (given name): 名な (míng)

Descendants

• Wutunhua: minze

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名な	字じ
みょう Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
苗字みょうじ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みょーじ [myóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːʑi]

Noun

名な(みょう)字じ(じ) • (myōji) ^{←みやうじ (myauzi)?}

1. surname, family name

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
名な	字じ

Noun

名字みょうじ • (myeongja) (hangeul 명자)

1. hanja form^? of 명자 (“the characters of one's name, fame”)

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
名な	字じ
のー Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
名な	字じ
みょー Grade: 1	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
苗字みょうじ

Cognate to Japanese 名字みょうじ (みょうじ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjoːd͡ʑi/, /noːd͡ʑi/

Noun

名な(みょー)字じ(じ) or 名な(のー)字じ(じ) (myōji or nōji) 

1. surname, family name, last name

References

• “みょーじ【名字みょうじ・苗字みょうじ】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “のーじ【名字みょうじ・苗字みょうじ】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “ミョージ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).
• “ノージ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).