名存實亡

Chinese

		name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	exist; deposit; store exist; deposit; store; keep; survive	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	to die; to perish
trad. (名存實亡)		名	存	實	亡
simp. (名存实亡)		名	存	实	亡

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngcúnshíwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ cyun⁴ sat⁶ mong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngcúnshíwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄕˊ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngcúnshíhwáng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-tsʻun²-shih²-wang²
  - Yale: míng-tswún-shŕ-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingtswenshyrwang
  - Palladius: минцуньшиван (mincunʹšivan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ cyun⁴ sat⁶ mong⁴
  - Yale: mìhng chyùhn saht mòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ tsyn⁴ sat⁹ mong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ qun⁴ sed⁶ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn²¹ sɐt̚² mɔːŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: mjieng dzwon zyit mjang

Rime
Character	名	存	實	亡
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	從 (15)	船 (27)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	魂 (55)	質 (48)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III	III
Fanqie	武并切	徂尊切	神質切	武方切
Baxter	mjieng	dzwon	zyit	mjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/ʑiɪt̚/	/mʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛŋ/	/d͡zuon/	/ʑit̚/	/mʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/miæŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/ʑjet̚/	/miuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/miajŋ/	/d͡zwən/	/ʑit̚/	/muaŋ/
Li Rong	/miɛŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/d͡ʑiĕt̚/	/miuaŋ/
Wang Li	/mĭɛŋ/	/d͡zuən/	/d͡ʑĭĕt̚/	/mĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛŋ/	/d͡zʱuən/	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕt̚/	/miwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	míng	cún	shí	wáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ming⁴	cyun⁴	sat⁶	mong⁴

Idiom

名存實亡

to remain existing in name but no longer in reality; now nominal

See also

有名無實／有名无实 (yǒumíngwúshí)