| 陈炯明 | Chén Jiǒng míng | Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong |
| 说明书 | shuō míng shū | (technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); CL:本 |
| 精明 | jīng míng | astute; skilled |
| 天明 | tiān míng | dawn; daybreak |
| 判明 | pàn míng | to distinguish; to ascertain |
| 神明 | shén míng | deities; gods |
| 明星 | míng xīng | star; celebrity |
| 明目张胆 | míng mù zhāng dǎn | openly and without fear; brazenly |
| 失明 | shī míng | to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness |
| 光明正大 | guāng míng zhèng dà | just and honorable; open and aboveboard; without tricks (idiom) |
| 申明 | shēn míng | to declare; to aver; to state formally |
| 通明 | tōng míng | brightly lit |
| 光明日报 | Guāng míng rì bào | Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper |
| 明镜 | míng jìng | bright mirror; fig. a mirror into the conscience; Der Spiegel |
| 明净 | míng jìng | bright and clean; luminous |
| 光明磊落 | guāng míng lěi luò | open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright |
| 南明 | Nán míng | Nanming district of Guiyang city 贵阳市, Guizhou |
| 明媚 | míng mèi | bright and beautiful |
| 证明书 | zhèng míng shū | certificate |
| 崇明 | Chóng míng | Chongming island county, Shanghai |
| 明晰 | míng xī | clarity; lucid |
| 明治维新 | Míng zhì wéi xīn | the Japanese Meiji restoration of 1868 |
| 圣明 | shèng míng | enlightened sage; brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler) |
| 明德 | Míng dé | highest virtue; illustrious virtue; Middlebury (College) |
| 明胶 | míng jiāo | gelatin |
| 明太祖 | Míng Tài zǔ | Ming Taizu, Temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武 |
| 明信片 | míng xìn piàn | postcard |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize |
| 三明 | Sān míng | Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian |
| 三明市 | Sān míng shì | Sanming prefecture level city in Fujian |
| 三明治 | sān míng zhì | sandwich; CL:个 |
| 下落不明 | xià luò bù míng | unaccounted; unknown whereabouts |
| 不太明白 | bù tài míng bai | (question is) not completely clear; I don't get it |
| 不明事理 | bù míng shì lǐ | not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense |
| 不明确 | bù míng què | indefinite; unclear |
| 不明飞行物 | bù míng fēi xíng wù | unidentified flying object (UFO) |
| 不言自明 | bù yán zì míng | self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom) |
| 不说自明 | bù shuō zì míng | self-explanatory; self-evident (idiom) |
| 事后聪明 | shì hòu cōng ming | wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it |
| 以资证明 | yǐ zī zhèng míng | in support or witness hereof (idiom) |
| 伏明霞 | Fú Míng xiá | Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion |
| 伯明翰 | Bó míng hàn | Birmingham |
| 来历不明 | lái lì bù míng | of unknown origin |
| 来路不明 | lái lù bù míng | unidentified origin; no-one knows where it comes from; of dubious background |
| 元末明初 | Yuán mò Míng chū | late Yuan and early Ming; mid 14th century |
| 先见之明 | xiān jiàn zhī míng | foresight |
| 光明新区 | Guāng míng xīn qū | New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong |
| 光明星 | guāng míng xīng | bright star; name of North Korean space satellite |
| 光明节 | Guāng míng jié | Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar); also called 哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡 |
| 免责声明 | miǎn zé shēng míng | disclaimer; statement denying or limiting responsibility |
