名狀

See also: 名状

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	accusation; suit; state accusation; suit; state; condition; strong; great
trad. (名狀)		名	狀
simp. (名状)		名	状

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngzhuàng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhuàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhuàng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-chuang⁴
  - Yale: míng-jwàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjuanq
  - Palladius: минчжуан (minčžuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ zong⁶
  - Yale: mìhng johng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ zong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sɔːŋ²²/

Verb

名狀

to give an account in words; to report; to account; to describe
- c. 1592, Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West:
  
  那廝乃花果山產的一妖猴，罪惡滔天，不可名狀。 [MSC, trad.]
  那厮乃花果山产的一妖猴，罪恶滔天，不可名状。 [MSC, simp.]
  Nàsī nǎi Huāguǒshān chǎn de yī yāohóu, zuì'è tāotiān, bùkě míngzhuàng. [Pinyin]
  That guy is a demonic monkey born in Mount Huaguo, committed heinous crimes, which are indescribable.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名狀):

→ Japanese: 名(めい)状(じょう) (meijō)
→ Korean: 명상(名狀) (myeongsang)

Korean

Hanja in this term
名	狀

Noun

名狀 • (myeongsang) (hangeul 명상)

Hanja form^? of 명상 (“name and shape; giving an account in the words”).

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