粵

文man4明ming4

man4 ming4wén míng

English

  1. civilized
  2. civilization
  3. culture
  4. culture; civilisation
  5. cultural; literate; civilised

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 人類文化、技術、生產及交易模式、社會組織等方面先進嘅狀態(量詞:個)
  2. 人類社會進步開化嘅狀態

Examples

  • 我哋生活喺文明社會。

    We live in a civilized society.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 對文明早期嘅人嚟講,要檢驗一把間尺「夠唔夠直」,可以攞條繩再搵兩個人由兩邊用力拉條繩-條繩會成直線。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 文明用语。

    Mind your language.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 愛是文明的奇蹟。

    Love is the miracle of civilization.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 愛是人類文明的奇蹟。

    Love is the miracle of civilization.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 玛雅文明繁荣了多久?

    For how long did the Maya culture flourish?

    Tatoeba · bigfatpanda CC BY

  • 文明搖籃

    cradle of civilisation

  • 西方文明

    Western civilisation

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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