夜明珠

Chinese

		to glow at night; altar of the moon	pearl; bead
simp. and trad. (夜明珠)		夜明	珠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yèmíngzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): je⁶ ming⁴ zyu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iā-bêng-chu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yèmíngzhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yèmíngjhu
    • Wade–Giles: yeh⁴-ming²-chu¹
    • Yale: yè-míng-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yehmingju
    • Palladius: еминчжу (jeminčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: je⁶ ming⁴ zyu¹
    • Yale: yeh mìhng jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: je⁶ ming⁴ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yé⁶ ming⁴ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛː²² mɪŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā-bêng-chu
    • Tâi-lô: iā-bîng-tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaxbengzw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ia³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Noun

夜明珠

1. luminous pearl; a kind of legendary pearl that glows in the dark

Synonyms

• 明月 (míngyuè)
• 照夜璣／照夜玑 (zhàoyèjī)

Proper noun

夜明珠

1. (～街道) Yemingzhu (a subdistrict of Xiling district, Yichang, Hubei, China)