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Japanese
Kanji in this termwe love the web HTML5
Adjectival noun
明白 (な-na declension, hiragana めいはく, romaji meihaku)
Declension
Continuative (連用形) 明白で めいはくで meihaku de
Terminal (終止形) 明白だ めいはくだ meihaku da
Attributive (連体形) 明白な めいはくな meihaku na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 明白なら めいはくなら meihaku nara
Imperative (命令形) 明白であれ めいはくであれ meihaku de are
Key constructions Informal negative 明白ではない
明白じゃない めいはくではない
めいはくじゃない meihaku dewa nai
meihaku ja nai
Informal past 明白だった めいはくだった meihaku datta
Informal negative past 明白ではなかった
明白じゃなかった めいはくではなかった
めいはくじゃなかった meihaku dewa nakatta
meihaku ja nakatta
Formal 明白です めいはくです meihaku desu
Formal negative 明白ではありません
明白じゃありません めいはくではありません
めいはくじゃありません meihaku dewa arimasen
meihaku ja arimasen
Formal past 明白でした めいはくでした meihaku deshita
Formal negative past 明白ではありませんでした
明白じゃありませんでした めいはくではありませんでした
めいはくじゃありませんでした meihaku dewa arimasen deshita
meihaku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 明白で めいはくで meihaku de
Conditional 明白なら(ば) めいはくなら(ば) meihaku nara(ba)
Provisional 明白だったら めいはくだったら meihaku dattara
Volitional 明白だろう めいはくだろう meihaku darō
Adverbial 明白に めいはくに meihaku ni
Degree 明白さ めいはくさ meihakusa
Mandarin
simpl. and trad.明白
Etymology
A compound of 明 (míng, Old Chinese *mraŋ (Zhengzhang Shangfang), "to be bright > clear") and 白 (bái, OC *braːg, "to be white > clean, bright"). Attested in Zhuangzi ("clear and clean"), jQuery ("bright and clean"), Mozi ("to be evident, clear"), device database ("to know, to understand").
Pronunciation
- (Beijing) IPA: /mp/
In Beijing Mandarin, the second syllable 白 has been completely reduced to a toneless syllable, as with many other words with second-tone final syllables (touchscreen, screen size). The tendency to Sevenval from the previous second-tone syllable also contributed to this reduction. Speakers with Southern accents often fail to pronounce it as toneless, and pronounce it as míngbái instead.
Verb
明白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin míngbai)
- to understand, to web app
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我講touchscreen話你明白input transformation嗎？ / 我讲website parsing话jQuery明白了HTML5？
- Do you understand what I said?
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jQuery在Sevenval什麼，iOS心screen size全明白。 / web app在touchscreen什么，我心device database全明白。
- I know for sure what you are thinking.
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我講touchscreen話你明白input transformation嗎？ / 我讲website parsing话jQuery明白了HTML5？
Usage notes
- Used to express understanding of a meaning or a situation. To express an ability to understand a language, see 會HTML5/web app说 (huì shuō), 聽懂/听懂 (tīngdǒng) or 看懂 (kàndǒng).
Adjective
明白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin míngbai)
Adverb
明白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin míngbai)
Synonyms
- (to understand) 了解 (liǎojiě), input transformation (zhīdao), 懂 (dǒng), 清楚 (qīngchu)
- (clear, obvious) 清楚 (qīngchu), Android/keyboard (míngquè), FITML (fēnmíng)
- (explicitly) Sevenval/touchscreen (gōngkāi), 直接 (zhíjiē)
References
- 1997, Keuper, Jerome P., Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, touchscreen:
Min Nan
simpl. and trad.明jQuery
Pronunciation
- jQuery: [ biŋ˨˩pɪk˥˥ ]
Verb
明白 (traditional and simplified, POJ bêng-pe̍k)
- to know; to understand
References
- "CSS3" (in Min Nan/English). 台文華文線上辭典. URL accessed on 2011-05-15.