思明

Chinese

		to think; to consider	Ming (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (思明)		思	明

Etymology

Originally named by Koxinga during the Southern Ming resistance to the Qing Empire.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sīmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ ming⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Sṳ̆-mìng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Su-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sīmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sihmíng
    • Wade–Giles: Ssŭ¹-ming²
    • Yale: Sz̄-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Syming
    • Palladius: Сымин (Symin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: sī mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Sṳ̆-mìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵ miŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Su-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: Su-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'beeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Proper noun

思明

1. (～州) (historical) Siming (a former name of Xiamen, Fujian, China, during its occupation by Southern Ming forces in the 1650s)
2. (～州) (historical) Siming Prefecture (the hinterland controled from Southern Ming Xiamen)
3. (～縣) (historical) Siming County (the county of Fujian around Xiamen under Republican rule)
4. (～區) Siming (a district of Xiamen, Fujian, China)
5. (～街道) (historical) Siming Subdistrict (a former subdistrict of Siming District)

Synonyms

• (district of Xiamen): 中心區／中心区 (zhōngxīnqū) (late 1940s); 向陽／向阳 (Xiàngyáng) (Cultural Revolution)