名正言順

See also: 名正言顺

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable
trad. (名正言順)		名	正	言	順
simp. (名正言顺)		名	正	言	顺
Literally: “legitimate name, smooth wording”.

Etymology

Appeared in the Analects in the negative as 名不正，則言不順／名不正，则言不顺 (míng bù zhèng, zé yán bù shùn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): míngzhèngyánshùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ zing³ jin⁴ seon⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-chèng-giân-sūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: míngzhèngyánshùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míngjhèngyánshùn
    • Wade–Giles: ming²-chêng⁴-yen²-shun⁴
    • Yale: míng-jèng-yán-shwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingjenqyanshuenn
    • Palladius: минчжэнъяньшунь (minčžɛnʺjanʹšunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ming⁴ zing³ jin⁴ seon⁶
    • Yale: mìhng jing yìhn seuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dzing³ jin⁴ soen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ jing³ yin⁴ sên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ jiːn²¹ sɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-chèng-giân-sūn
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-tsìng-giân-sūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengzeanggiensun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² sun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² sun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn¹³⁻²² sun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ sun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ sun³³/

Idiom

名正言順

1. to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (名正言順):

• → Vietnamese: danh chính ngôn thuận (名正言順)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
名	正	言	順

Idiom

名正言順

1. chữ Hán form of danh chính ngôn thuận (“to be fitting and proper; to be perfectly justified or deserved”).