明度

Chinese

		clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty	capacity; degree; standard
simp. and trad. (明度)		明	度

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míngdù

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴ dou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míngdù
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míngdù
  - Wade–Giles: ming²-tu⁴
  - Yale: míng-dù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mingduh
  - Palladius: минду (mindu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵ tu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ming⁴ dou⁶
  - Yale: mìhng douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴ dou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹ tou̯²²/

Noun

明度

brightness of a colour
(literary) generosity; broad-mindedness

Japanese

Kanji in this term
明	度
めい Grade: 2	ど Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めーど [méꜜèdò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [me̞ːdo̞]

Noun

明(めい)度(ど) • (meido) ^{←めいど (meido)^?}

the brightness of a color
Coordinate terms: 色相 (“hue”), 明度 (“value”), 彩度 (“chroma”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN