| 明 | míng | bright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods; Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 明显 | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct; obvious |
| 明确 | míng què | clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow |
| 明年 | míng nián | next year |
| 明亮 | míng liàng | brightness |
| 明明 | míng míng | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely |
| 明文 | míng wén | to state in writing (laws, rules etc) |
| 明知 | míng zhī | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well |
| 明日 | míng rì | tomorrow |
| 明朗 | míng lǎng | bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful |
| 明珠 | míng zhū | pearl; jewel (of great value) |
| 明智 | míng zhì | sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious |
| 明儿 | míngr | tomorrow; one of these days; some day |
| 明了 | míng liǎo | to understand clearly; to be clear about; plain; clear |
| 明星 | míng xīng | star; celebrity |
| 明目张胆 | míng mù zhāng dǎn | openly and without fear; brazenly |
| 明镜 | míng jìng | bright mirror; fig. a mirror into the conscience; Der Spiegel |
| 明净 | míng jìng | bright and clean; luminous |
| 明媚 | míng mèi | bright and beautiful |
| 明晰 | míng xī | clarity; lucid |
| 明治维新 | Míng zhì wéi xīn | the Japanese Meiji restoration of 1868 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
