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# ming

«ming» in Mova's school dictionary: **«bright» or «clear» in Mandarin Chinese and is part of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Mandarin, pinyin; the Ming dynasty); name — not an English word

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Mandarin, pinyin) «Míng» means «bright» or «clear» in Mandarin Chinese and is part of words like «míngtiān» (tomorrow) and «míngzi» (name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#m1)

2) (history) The Ming dynasty was a family of emperors who ruled China for nearly three hundred years; it is famous for blue-and-white porcelain and for building much of the Great Wall we see today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#m2)

3) (a name) Ming is a Chinese personal name or part of one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#m3)

4) (UK slang) «Minging» means disgusting; «ming» is rarely heard on its own. To an English ear it sounds just like it is spelt, «ming». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In Mandarin lessons pupils meet «míngzi» (name: «nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?» = what is your name?) and «míngtiān» (tomorrow). In history lessons «Ming» comes in «Ming dynasty», «Ming vase» and the Great Wall. In stories, «Ming the Merciless» is a villain in an old science-fiction comic.

### examples

- In Mandarin, «míngtiān» means «tomorrow». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x1)
- «Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?» means «What is your name?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x2)
- The museum had a blue-and-white Ming vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x3)
- Much of the Great Wall that tourists visit was built under the Ming emperors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x4)
- My friend Ming sits next to me in maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x5)
- The Ming dynasty came after the Mongol rulers of China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x6)
- Pinyin «ming» sounds the same as it looks in English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/#x7)

### note

Not an English word on its own. In pinyin, the mark on the vowel shows the tone; «míng» has a rising tone, and a different tone can mean a different word. As a dynasty or a person's name it needs a capital: «the Ming dynasty», «Ming». «Ming vase» is often used in stories to mean something very precious and easy to break.

### In the corpora

- [A clam from Iceland named Ming lived about five hundred and seven years, worked out by counting the growth rings on its shell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/187-record-breakers-the-loudest-and-the-longest-lived/7/)
- [The door opens and there are Ming's mum and dad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/0/)
- [Ming's granny drops a bowl — āiyā!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/30-street-chatter-wow-really-cool/3/)
- [Picture Ming's big sister holding up a card: «Today is xīngqīsì.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/31-olympiad-tone-and-number-puzzles/2/)
- [In 1337 China was ruled by the Mongol Yuan dynasty, which the Chinese Ming dynasty overthrew in 1368.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/ming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.