Chinese Word Entry

鳴不平

Simplified Chinese form: 鸣不平

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): míng bù píng
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming4 bat1 ping4
Definitions:
  1. to cry out against injustice

  2. to protest unfairness


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Chinese characters used in this word

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk, cry of bird or animal, make sound
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ (míng)
Cantonese: ming4
Japanese: メイ (mei) / な.く (naku)、 な.る (naru)、 な.らす (narasu)
Korean: 명 (myeong)
Vietnamese: minh
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy, no, not, un-, negative prefix
Readings
Mandarin: ㄅㄨˋ (bù), ㄅㄨˊ (bú), ㄈㄡˇ (fǒu), ㄈㄡ (fōu), ㄈㄨ (fū)
Cantonese: bat1
Japanese: フ (fu)、 ブ (bu)、 フツ (futsu)、 ヒ (hi) / せず (sezu)、 にあらず (niarazu)、 いなや (inaya)
Korean: 부 (bu), 불 (bul)
Vietnamese: bất, phầu, phủ, phi

even, flat, peace, level, peaceful
Readings
Mandarin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ (píng), ㄆㄧㄢˊ (pián), ㄅㄧㄥˋ (bìng), ㄅㄥ (bēng)
Cantonese: ping4
Japanese: ヘイ (hei)、 ビョウ (byou)、 ヒョウ (hyou)、 ベン (ben) / たい.ら (taira)、 たい.らげる (tairageru)、 ひら (hira)、 ひらたい (hiratai)
Korean: 평 (pyeong), 편 (pyeon)
Vietnamese: bình, biền