鸣 (鳴) míng

1. míng verb to cry; to chirp (of birds)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: (Guoyu '鳴' v 1; Unihan '鳴')
2. míng verb to sound; to make a sound
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '鳴' v 2; Unihan '鳴')
3. míng verb to drum; to beat [a drum]; to strike
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 敲击 (Guoyu '鳴' v 3)
4. míng verb to express [gratitude]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 鸣谢 (Guoyu '鳴' v 6)
5. míng verb to leak a secret
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 宣洩 (Guoyu '鳴' v 5)
6. míng verb to be well-known
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鳴' v 4)

Contained in

• 锵鸣(鏘鳴) ringing and tinkling ; a harmonious relationship between husband and wife
• 钟鸣鼎食(鐘鳴鼎食) extravagant lifestyle
• 大鸣大放(大鳴大放) free airing of views (PRC)
• 鸣金(鳴金) to beat a gong; to sound the retreat
• 马鸣(馬鳴) a horse's neigh
• 鸣号(鳴號) to sound the horn; to honk
• 耳鸣(耳鳴) tinnitus; ringing in the ears
• 气鸣乐器(氣鳴樂器) aerophone
• 钟鸣漏尽(鐘鳴漏盡) past one's prime; in one's declining years
• 轰鸣(轟鳴) boom (sound of explosion); rumble
• 雷鸣(雷鳴) thunder; very loud sounds
• 鸡鸣(雞鳴) a rooster call ; a halbert-like weapon
• 蝉鸣(蟬鳴) song of cicadas; chirping of insects
• 哮鸣(哮鳴) wheezing
• 自鸣钟(自鳴鐘) chiming clock
• 鸣鼓大噪(鳴鼓大噪) sound the drums and make a great noise
• 鸡鸣狗吠(雞鳴狗吠) roosters calling and dogs barking; a busy village
• 哀鸣(哀鳴) to make a mournful sound; whine; moan; wail
• 鸣金收军(鳴金收軍) to beat the gong to recall troops; to order a retreat
• 爆鸣(爆鳴) crack; exploding sound
• 擂鼓鸣金(擂鼓鳴金) to beat the drum and sound the gong; to order an advance or retreat
• 嘶鸣(嘶鳴) to whinny (of a horse); to neigh
• 鸣不平(鳴不平) to cry out against injustice; to protest unfairness
• 体鸣乐器(體鳴樂器) idiophone
• 牛鸣(牛鳴) an ox's moo
• 争鸣(爭鳴) to contend
• 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣(黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴) earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
• 鸣钟(鳴鐘) drum call; bell ring; chime
• 鸣锣(鳴鑼) to beat a gong
• 奏鸣曲式(奏鳴曲式) sonata form
• 喉鸣(喉鳴) throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc
• 鸣笛(鳴笛) to hoot; to whistle
• 鸣鸟(鳴鳥) songbird
• 鸣鸠(鳴鳩) turtledove
• 鸣鼓而攻(鳴鼓而攻) sound the drums and attack; to denounce together as a group
• 鸡鸣狗盗(雞鳴狗盜) crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog; bag of tricks; useful talents
• 鸣叫(鳴叫) to emit a sound; (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc; (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
• 鸣枪(鳴槍) to fire warning shots
• 琴瑟和鸣(琴瑟和鳴) in perfect harmony; in sync; qin and se sing in harmony
• 鸣冤叫屈(鳴冤叫屈) to complain bitterly
• 鸣禽(鳴禽) songbird
• 牝鸡牡鸣(牝雞牡鳴) female chicken crows at daybreak; a woman usurps authority; women meddle in politics
• 击鸣鼓(擊鳴鼓) beat the sounding drums
• 篝火狐鸣(篝火狐鳴) to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion; an uprising is afoot
• 自鸣得意(自鳴得意) to think highly of oneself
• 不平则鸣(不平則鳴) where there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice
• 一鸣惊人(一鳴驚人) to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat; an overnight celebrity

Also contained in

武鸣县 、 武鸣 、 鸣沙山 、 鸣条之战

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• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 29
• 卷二百五十七 列傳第一百四十五 張鶴鳴 董漢儒 趙彥 王洽 梁廷棟 熊明遇 張鳳翼 陳新甲 馮元飇 Volume 257 Biographies 145: Zhang Heming, Dong Hanru, Zhao Yan, Wang Qia, Liang Tingdong, Xiong Mingyu, Zhang Fengyi, Chen Xinjia, Feng Yuanbiao History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 23
• 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 21
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷二百五十九 列傳第一百四十七 楊鎬 袁應泰 熊廷弼 袁崇煥 趙光抃 Volume 259 Biographies 147: Yang Gao, Yuan Yingtai, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Guangbian History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
• 卷九 Scroll 9 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
• 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 17
• 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17

Collocations

• 鹿鸣 (鹿鳴) 呦呦鹿鳴 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧鹿鳴 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Lu Ming — count: 14
• 申鸣 (申鳴) 楚有士申鳴者 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity — count: 12
• 鸣鼓 (鳴鼓) 非以大鐘鳴鼓 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 9
• 鸣曰 (鳴曰) 齊烏枝鳴曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 鹤鸣 (鶴鳴) 鶴鳴 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧鶴鳴 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming — count: 7
• 始鸣 (始鳴) 鵙始鳴 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
• 钟鸣 (鐘鳴) 非以大鐘鳴鼓 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 5
• 鷄鸣 (鷄鳴) 女曰鷄鳴 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧女曰鷄鳴 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Nu Yue Ji Ming — count: 4
• 鸣谦 (鳴謙) 鳴謙 — Book of Changes 易經, 謙 Qian — count: 4
• 泽鸣 (澤鳴) 晉有澤鳴 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十三 權謀 Chapter 13: Tactics — count: 3