明月
What each character carries 逐字小传
Not a dictionary entry: what the character has meant in Chinese names, with the original line it comes from. Every quotation below is matched character-for-character against a versioned corpus shipped with this site. Where a page names a character's origin, that line is our own paraphrase of the standard dictionaries — it is not a quotation, and it carries no book title for that reason.
大学之道，在明明德，在亲民，在止于至善。
The way of great learning is to make bright the bright virtue, to renew the people, and to rest in the highest good.
博学之，审问之，慎思之，明辨之，笃行之。
Learn broadly, question closely, think carefully, distinguish clearly, and act earnestly.
子兴视夜，明星有烂。
He rises and looks at the night: the bright star is shining.
Two things: light, and the ability to see by it.
「明」给名字的是两样：光，和看得清。
海上生明月，天涯共此时。
The bright moon rises over the sea; from the ends of the earth we share this hour.
The same one, wherever you are.
「月」是隔多远都同一个。
How it sounds 怎么念
Mandarin is tonal: the same letters said on a different pitch are a different word. The line below is the pitch you actually travel while saying the name.
- Every syllable has a close English equivalent — nothing here is hard to say.
Is it a real name? 有多真
We checked it against a corpus of 1,142,000 real Chinese names — this is not a combination invented for the page.
How this score is built 评分怎么来的
Five dimensions, each scored independently. Every bar below is a real computed value — the same rule set that generated the candidate list, not a separate "premium" model.
How people will actually call you 别人会怎么叫你
A Chinese name is almost never used in full. In daily life it gets a prefix, a suffix, or is cut to the given name alone — and which one you get tells you how close the person thinks they are to you.
Patterns, not rules: what you are called depends on your age, the relationship, and the region. In the south you will also hear 阿 + given name between friends.
FAQ 常见问题
- How do I say 明月?
- míng yuè. Tones: míng rising, yuè falling.
- What does it mean?
- 明 — clear and enlightened — understanding; 月 — beauty and serenity
- Is it a real, usable name?
- The pair "月" appears in 322 of 1,142,000 real Chinese names.
bright, clear · the moon — taken as one scene rather than three separate definitions.
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