阿明

Chinese

Etymology 1

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (阿明)		阿	明

Formerly a common Chinese male name.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-bêng

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: a-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'beeng
  - IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² beŋ²⁴/

Noun

阿明

(Singapore and Malaysian Hokkien, slang, derogatory) A young ethnic Chinese man, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.

Synonyms

阿成 (a-sêng)
(female equivalent) 阿蓮／阿莲 (a-liân), 阿花 (a-hoe)

Descendants

→ English: Ah Beng

Etymology 2

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿明)		阿	明

From Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Āmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Āmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Amíng
  - Wade–Giles: A¹-ming²
  - Yale: Ā-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Aming
  - Palladius: Амин (Amin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ ming⁴
  - Yale: a mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ mɪŋ²¹/

Proper noun

阿明

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name أَمِين (ʔamīn)

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