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There are 12 total results for your 明珠 search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

明珠

see styles
míng zhū
    ming2 zhu1
ming chu
 meishu / meshu
    めいしゅ

More info & calligraphy:

Bright Pearl
pearl; jewel (of great value)
(given name) Meishu
bright pearl

明珠実

see styles
 asumi
    あすみ
(female given name) Asumi

明珠寶


明珠宝

see styles
míng zhū bǎo
    ming2 zhu1 bao3
ming chu pao
 myō shuhō
a gleaming pearl

明珠美

see styles
 asumi
    あすみ
(female given name) Asumi

明珠香

see styles
 amika
    あみか
(female given name) Amika

明珠暗投

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míng zhū àn tóu
    ming2 zhu1 an4 tou2
ming chu an t`ou
    ming chu an tou
to cast pearls before swine (idiom); not to get proper recognition for one's talents

一顆明珠


一颗明珠

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yī kē míng zhū
    yi1 ke1 ming2 zhu1
i k`o ming chu
    i ko ming chu
 Ikka myōju
One Bright Pearl

掌上明珠

see styles
zhǎng shàng míng zhū
    zhang3 shang4 ming2 zhu1
chang shang ming chu

More info & calligraphy:

Pearl in the Palm
lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom); fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)

東方明珠塔


东方明珠塔

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dōng fāng míng zhū tǎ
    dong1 fang1 ming2 zhu1 ta3
tung fang ming chu t`a
    tung fang ming chu ta
Oriental Pearl Tower

如意最上明珠

see styles
rú yì zuì shàng míng zhū
    ru2 yi4 zui4 shang4 ming2 zhu1
ju i tsui shang ming chu
 nyoi saijō myōshu
the best gleaming wish-granting pearl

皇冠上的明珠

see styles
huáng guān shàng de míng zhū
    huang2 guan1 shang4 de5 ming2 zhu1
huang kuan shang te ming chu
the brightest jewel in the crown

東方明珠電視塔


东方明珠电视塔

see styles
dōng fāng míng zhū diàn shì tǎ
    dong1 fang1 ming2 zhu1 dian4 shi4 ta3
tung fang ming chu tien shih t`a
    tung fang ming chu tien shih ta
Oriental Pearl Television Tower

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 12 results for "明珠" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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