明度

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (明度)		明	度

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngdù
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-tu⁴
    • Yale: míng-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingduh
    • Palladius: минду (mindu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ dou⁶
    • Yale: mìhng douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ tou̯²²/

Noun

明度

1. brightness of a colour
2. (literary) generosity; broad-mindedness

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	度
めい Grade: 2	ど Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) め​ーど [méꜜèdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːdo̞]

Noun

明(めい)度(ど) • (meido) ^{←めいど (meido)?}

1. the brightness of a color

   Coordinate terms: 色相 (“hue”), 明度 (“value”), 彩度 (“chroma”)