| 招股说明书 | zhāo gǔ shuō míng shū | prospectus |
| 挑明 | tiǎo míng | to illuminate; to open up (a topic) |
| 摆明 | bǎi míng | to show clearly |
| 放着明白装糊涂 | fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu | to pretend not to know (idiom) |
| 叙明 | xù míng | detailed accounting |
| 敬若神明 | jìng ruò shén míng | to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom) |
| 文征明 | Wén Zhēng míng | Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 |
| 文明化 | wén míng huà | civilize |
| 文明小史 | Wén míng xiǎo shǐ | Short history of civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia 李宝嘉 describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight nation intervention |
| 施明德 | Shī Míng dé | Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陈水扁 |
| 旗帜鲜明 | qí zhì xiān míng | to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom) |
| 昆明市 | Kūn míng shì | Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China |
| 昆明湖 | Kūn míng Hú | Kunming Lake |
| 明人不做暗事 | míng rén bù zuò àn shì | The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).; fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation. |
| 明仁 | Míng rén | Akihito, Emperor of Japan (reigned from 1989 under the reign name Heisei 平成) |
| 明仁宗 | Míng Rén zōng | Ming Renzong, Temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高炽 |
| 明代 | Míng dài | the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) |
明修栈道，
暗渡陈仓 | míng xiū zhàn dào ,
àn dù Chén cāng | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 明光 | Míng guāng | Mingguang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui |
| 明光市 | Míng guāng shì | Mingguang county level city in Chuzhou 滁州, Anhui |
| 明光度 | míng guāng dù | luminosity |
| 明光蓝 | míng guāng lán | lavender blue |
| 明初 | Míng chū | the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century) |
| 明十三陵 | Míng shí sān líng | the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing) |
| 明古鲁 | Míng gǔ lǔ | Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明古鲁市 | Míng gǔ lǔ shì | Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) |
| 明史 | Míng shǐ | History of the Ming dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing dynasty, 332 scrolls |
| 明和 | Míng hé | Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan; Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772); Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools) |
| 明报 | míng bào | Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) |
| 明天启 | Míng Tiān qǐ | Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校 (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name 明熹宗 |
| 明天见 | míng tiān jiàn | see you tomorrow |
| 明孝陵 | Míng xiào líng | Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, a World Hertage site |
| 明宣宗 | Míng Xuān zōng | Temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德 |
| 明察 | míng chá | to note clearly; to perceive |
| 明察暗访 | míng chá àn fǎng | open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret; taking information from all sides |
| 明察秋毫 | míng chá qiū háo | lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. sensitive to the finest detail; to distinguish right and wrong with acuity; omniscient |
| 明实录 | míng shí lù | annals of the Ming Dynasty 明朝 明朝 (1368-1644) |
| 明尼苏达 | Míng ní sū dá | Minnesota, USA |
| 明尼苏达州 | Míng ní sū dá zhōu | Minnesota |
| 明尼阿波利斯 | Míng ní ā bō lì sī | Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota |
| 明山 | Míng shān | Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明山区 | Míng shān qū | Mingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning |
| 明岗暗哨 | míng gǎng àn shào | both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom) |
| 明德镇 | míng dé zhèn | Middlebury (name of town in Vermont) |
| 明慧 | míng huì | intelligent; brilliant |
| 明成祖 | Míng Chéng zǔ | Ming Chengzu, Temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐 |
| 明手 | míng shǒu | dummy (in bridge) |
| 明摆着 | míng bǎi zhe | evident; clear; undoubted |
| 明教 | Míng jiào | Manicheism; same as 摩尼教 |
| 明文规定 | míng wén guī dìng | expressly stipulated (in writing) |
