Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- míng
English
- cry of bird or animal
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
- make sound
- to make a sound
- to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- to make a sound
粵語
- 發出聲響
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 鳴
- 共鳴gung6 ming4
(physics) to resonate; resonance
- 耳鳴ji5 ming4
tinnitus
- 鳴謝ming4 ze6
to express gratitude (esp. in public)
- 鳴笛ming4 dek6
to hoot
- 哀鳴oi1 ming4
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
- 爭鳴zang1 ming4
to contend
- 一鳴驚人jat1 ming4 ging1 jan4
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
- 鳴放ming4 fong3
to fire
- 雞鳴gai1 ming4
the call of a rooster ----
- 鳴鳥ming4 niu5
songbird
- 百家爭鳴baak3 gaa1 zang1 ming4
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
- 喉鳴hau4 ming4
throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc
- 鳴禽ming4 kam4
songbird
- 奏鳴曲zau3 ming4 kuk1
sonata
- 嘶鳴sai1 ming4
to whinny (of a horse)
- 雷鳴leoi4 ming4
thunder rolls
- 鳴槍ming4 coeng1
to fire warning shots
- 不平則鳴bat1 ping4 zak1 ming4
where there is injustice, there will be an outcry
- 打鳴daa2 ming4
(of a rooster) to crow
- 鳴金ming4 gam1
to beat a gong
- 鳴號ming4 hou6
to sound the horn
- 鳥鳴niu5 ming4
birdsong
- 鳴叫ming4 giu3
to emit a sound
- 鳴鐘ming4 zung1
to toll a bell