Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖冲之
Daming Lake in Jinan 济南[jǐ nán], Shandong
Ningming, a county in Chongzuo City 崇左市[chóng zuǒ shì], Guangxi
Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai
Songming, a county in Kunming City 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 鲁国[lǔ guó] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左传[zuǒ zhuàn] is attributed
Siming, a district of Xiamen City 厦门市[xià mén shì], Fujian
Wen Zhengming (1470-1559), Ming painter, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
Shih Ming-teh (1941–2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962–1977 and 1980–1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民进党[mín jìn dǎng], in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陈水扁[chén shuǐ biǎn]
Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province 云南省[yún nán shěng]
Ming Renzong, temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高炽[zhū gāo chì]
Mingguang, a county-level city in Chuzhou City 滁州市[chú zhōu shì], Anhui
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[hóng wǔ]
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[zhū yuán zhāng], a World Heritage site
temple name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德[xuān dé]
Ming Veritable Records, imperial annals of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty
Mingshan, a district of Benxi City 本溪市[běn xī shì], Liaoning
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐[yǒng lè]
Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德[zhèng dé]
Mingshui, a county in Suihua City 绥化市[suí huà shì], Heilongjiang
Mingxi, a county in Sanming City 三明市[sān míng shì], Fujian
Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013
Dongming, a county in Heze City 菏泽市[hé zé shì], Shandong
Emperor Ming of Han (28-75), Western Han Dynasty Emperor 58-75
Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心学[xīn xué]
Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher
1. (coll.) some day2. one of these days
Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
Guo Jingming (1983-), Chinese young-adult fiction writer and teen pop idol
altar lamp burning day and night
Chen Jiongming (1878-1933), a leading warlord of Guangdong faction, defeated in 1925 and fled to Hong Kong
Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Yangming, a district of Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[mǔ dān jiāng shì], Heilongjiang
1. Mt Yangming in Hunan2. Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
Gaoming, a district of Foshan City 佛山市[fó shān shì], Guangdong
Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director
Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
(idiom) exceptionally intelligent
出生证明 出生證明 chū shēng zhèng míng birth certificate
please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
the Four Great Inventions (papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder, traditionally regarded as the four major inventions of ancient China)
keenly observant of trivial details