| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 阿明 | Ā míng | Al-Amin | |
| 埃雷德洛明 | āi léi dé luò míng | Ered Lómin | |
| 安非他明 | ān fēi tā míng | amphetamine | |
| 班雅明 | Bān yǎ míng | Benjamin (name) | |
| 半透明 | bàn tòu míng | translucent; semitransparent | |
| 本杰明 | běn jié míng | Benjamin (person name) | |
| 標明 | 标明 | biāo míng | mark; indicate |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | make known; make clear; state clearly; indicate; known; to make clear | |
| 伯明翰 | Bó míng hàn | Birmingham (Alabama) | |
| 不明 | bù míng | not clear; unknown; fail to understand | |
| 不明白 | bù míng bái | fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on | |
| 不明飛行物 | 不明飞行物 | bù míng fēi xíng wù | (n) unidentified flying object (UFO); flying saucer |
| 不明確 | 不明确 | bù míng què | indefinite |
| 不透明 | bù tòu míng | opaque | |
| 查明 | chá míng | (v) investigate and bring out into the open | |
| 闡明 | 阐明 | chǎn míng | clarify; explain clearly |
| 陳志明 | 陈志明 | Chén Zhì míng | Dominic Chan |
| 崇明 | Chóng míng | (N) Chongming (place in Shanghai) | |
| 崇明島 | 崇明岛 | Chóng míng dǎo | Chongming |
| 聰明 | 聪明 | cōng míng | intelligent; bright; smart; clever |
| 大明鼎鼎 | dà míng dǐng dǐng | a grand reputation; renowned; famous | |
| 地外文明 | dì wài wén míng | spacefaring | |
| 東明 | 东明 | Dōng míng | (N) Dongming (place in Shandong) |
| 東明聖王 | 东明圣王 | Dōng míng shèng wáng | King Dongmyeong of Goguryeo |
| 多爾露明 | 多尔露明 | Duō ěr lù míng | Dor-lómin |
| 多明尼加共和國 | 多明尼加共和国 | duō míng ní jiā gòng hé guó | Dominican Republic |
| 發表聲明 | 发表声明 | fā biǎo shēng míng | to issue a statement; to issue a declaration |
| 發明 | 发明 | fā míng | to invent; invention |
| 發明創造 | 发明创造 | fā míng chuàng zào | inventions |
| 發明家 | 发明家 | fā míng jiā | inventor |
| 分明 | fēn míng | clearly demarcated; sharply contoured | |
| 伏明霞 | Fú Míng xiá | Fu Mingxia | |
| 高明 | gāo míng | smart; clever; wise; brilliant | |
| 光明 | guāng míng | bright (future); promising | |
| 光明日報 | 光明日报 | guāng míng rì bào | Guangming Daily |
| 郭敬明 | Guō jìng míng | Guo Jingming | |
| 國際明愛 | 国际明爱 | Guó jì míng ài | Caritas |
| 黑澤明 | 黑泽明 | Hēi zé míng | Kurosawa (Japanese directory) |
| 胡志明 | hú zhì míng | Ho Chi Minh (Vietnamese leader, city) | |
| 胡志明市 | hú zhì míng shì | Ho Chi Minh City; Saigon | |
| 胡志明市交通運載大學 | 胡志明市交通运载大学 | Hú zhì míng shì Jiāo tōng Yùn zài Dà xué | Ho Chi Minh City University of Transportation |
| 胡志明市師範大學 | 胡志明市师範大学 | Hú zhì míng shì Shī fàn Dà xué | Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University |
| 胡志明市醫藥大學 | 胡志明市医药大学 | Hú zhì míng shì Yī yào Dà xué | Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University |
| 胡志明市銀行大學 | 胡志明市银行大学 | Hú zhì míng shì Yín háng Dà xué | Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City |
| 懷俄明 | 怀俄明 | huái é míng | Wyoming (US state) |
| 黃曉明 | 黄晓明 | Huáng Xiǎo míng | Huang Xiaoming |
| 簡明 | 简明 | jiǎn míng | simple and clear; concise |
| 精明 | jīng míng | astute; skilled | |
| 開明 | 开明 | kāi míng | enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment |
| 昆明 | kūn míng | Kunming, capital of Yunnan province in south west China | |
| 昆明湖 | Kūn míng Hú | Kunming Lake | |
| 昆明市 | Kūn míng shì | Kunming | |
| 黎明 | lí míng | dawn; daybreak | |
| 黎明殺手 | 黎明杀手 | Lí míng shā shǒu | Killers of the Dawn |
| 琉璃明王 | Liú lí míng wáng | Yuri of Goguryeo | |
| 明 | míng | clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty | |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize | |
| 明報 | 明报 | míng bào | Ming Pao newspaper (Hong Kong) |
| 明朝 | Míng cháo | Ming Dynasty | |
| 明代 | míng dài | the Ming Dynasty | |
| 明德鎮 | 明德镇 | míng dé zhèn | Middlebury (name of town in Vermont) |
| 明洞聖堂 | 明洞圣堂 | Míng dòng shèng táng | Myeongdong Cathedral |
| 明多陸安 | 明多陆安 | Míng duō lù ān | Mindolluin |
| 明和 | míng hé | Meiwa | |
| 明膠 | 明胶 | míng jiāo | gelatin |
| 明淨 | 明净 | míng jìng | bright and clean; luminous |
| 明鏡 | 明镜 | Míng jìng | Der Spiegel |
| 明朗 | míng lǎng | bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful | |
| 明亮 | míng liàng | brightness | |
| 明膫 | míng liáo | manifest | |
| 明媚 | míng mèi | bright and beautiful | |
| 明明 | míng míng | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly | |
| 明目張膽 | 明目张胆 | míng mù zhāng dǎn | frank and unscrupulous |
| 明尼蘇達 | 明尼苏达 | Míng ní sū dá | Minnesota |
| 明尼蘇達州 | 明尼苏达州 | Míng ní sū dá zhōu | Minnesota |
| 明年 | míng nián | next year | |
| 明確 | 明确 | míng què | clear-cut; definite; make clear; clear |
| 明仁 | Míng rén | Akihito (emporer of Japan) | |
| 明日 | míng rì | tomorrow | |
| 明水 | Míng shuǐ | (N) Mingshui (place in Heilongjiang) | |
| 明斯克 | míng sī kè | Minsk (capital of Belarus) | |
| 明天 | míng tiān | tomorrow | |
| 明文 | míng wén | (laws, rules, etc) state in writing | |
| 明文規定 | 明文规定 | míng wén guī dìng | expressly stipulated (in writing) |
| 明晰 | míng xī | (n) clarity | |
| 明溪 | Míng xī | (N) Mingxi (place in Fujian) | |
| 明顯 | 明显 | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct; obvious |
| 明顯的句法線索 | 明显的句法线索 | míng xiǎn de jù fǎ xiàn suǒ | explicit syntactic cue |
| 明信片 | míng xìn piàn | postcard | |
| 明星 | míng xīng | star; celebrity | |
| 明言 | míng yán | pronounced | |
| 明應 | 明应 | Míng yīng | Meio |
| 明智 | míng zhì | sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious | |
| 明治 | Míng zhì | Meiji Period | |
| 明治維新 | 明治维新 | Míng zhì wéi xīn | Meiji Restoration |
| 寧明 | 宁明 | Níng míng | (N) Ningming (place in Guangxi) |
| 判明 | pàn míng | to distinguish; to ascertain | |
| 彭明敏 | Péng míng mǐn | Peng Ming-min | |
| 清明 | Qīng míng | Qingming | |
| 清明節 | 清明节 | Qīng míng jié | Bhuddhist BON-Festival (beginning of April in China, September in Japan); 3 day long celebration for the dead; (sometimes O-BON) |
| 秋明 | Qiū míng | Tyumen | |
| 全明星賽 | 全明星赛 | quán míng xīng sài | all-star game |
| 三明 | Sān míng | (N) Sanming (city in Fujian) | |
| 三明治 | sān míng zhì | sandwich | |
| 聲明 | 声明 | shēng míng | statement; declaration |
| 聲明書 | 声明书 | shēng míng shū | statement |
| 聖多明哥 | 圣多明哥 | shèng duō míng gē | Santo Domingo (capital of Dominican Republic) |
| 失明 | shī míng | to become blind; blindness | |
| 說明 | 说明 | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate; explanation; directions; caption |
| 說明會 | 说明会 | shuō míng huì | information meeting |
| 說明書 | 说明书 | shuō míng shū | (technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film) |
| 嵩明 | Sōng míng | (N) Songming (place in Yunnan) | |
| 唐明治 | Táng Míng zhì | Michael David Thomas | |
| 天明 | tiān míng | dawn, early morning (lit., when the sky gets bright) | |
| 透明 | tòu míng | transparent; open (non-secretive) | |
| 透明程度 | tòu míng chéng dù | transparency | |
| 透明度 | tòu míng dù | transparency; (policy of) openness | |
| 圖解說明 | 图解说明 | tú jiě shuō míng | illustrate |
| 王明 | Wáng Míng | Wang Ming | |
| 微明 | wēi míng | twilight | |
| 魏道明 | Wèi dào míng | Wey Daw-ming | |
| 溫查文明 | 温查文明 | Wēn chá wén míng | Vinča culture |
| 文明 | wén míng | civilized; civilization; culture | |
| 文明化 | wén míng huà | civilize | |
| 下落不明 | xià luò bù míng | unaccounted; unknown whereabouts | |
| 先見之明 | 先见之明 | xiān jiàn zhī míng | foresight |
| 鮮明 | 鲜明 | xiān míng | bright; clear-cut; distinct |
| 顯明 | 显明 | xiǎn míng | to reveal, make known |
| 香港足球明星選舉 | 香港足球明星选举 | Xiāng Gǎng zú qiú míng xīng xuǎn jǔ | Hong Kong Footballer Awards |
| 言明 | yán míng | state explicitly | |
| 陽明海運 | 阳明海运 | Yáng míng hǎi yùn | Yang Ming |
| 姚明 | Yáo Míng | Yao Ming (Chinese NBA star player) | |
| 英明 | yīng míng | wise; brilliant | |
| 圓明園 | 圆明园 | Yuán míng yuán | Old Summer Palace |
| 張華明 | 张华明 | Zhāng Huá míng | Zhang Huaming (person name) |
| 招股說明書 | 招股说明书 | zhāo gǔ shuō míng shū | prospectus |
| 照明 | zhào míng | (n) the illumination supplied by lights; lighting | |
| 證明 | 证明 | zhèng míng | proof; testimony; prove; confirm the truth of |
| 證明書 | 证明书 | zhèng míng shū | certificate |
| 指明 | zhǐ míng | (v) clearly show; explain clearly |
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