| míng | clear/bright/to understand/next/the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming |
| 明 | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) surname Ming Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 |
| 明一套暗一套 | to act one way in the open and another way in secret |
| 明丽 | bright and beautiful |
| 明了 | to understand clearly to be clear about plain |
| 明争暗斗 | struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other locked in constant strife |
| 明事理 | rational; clear-headed |
| 明亮 | brightness |
| 明亮度 | brightness; lightness |
| 明亮的 | brightsome; luminous; liquid; lightful; light; nitid; relucent; starry; illustrious; bright; undimmed; vivid; radiant; lucent |
| 明人 | person of good sense |
| 明人不做暗事 | The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom). fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation. |
| 明仁 | Akihito, Emperor of Japan (reigned from 1989 under the reign name Heisei 平成) |
| 明仁宗 | Ming Renzong, Temple name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 硃高熾|朱高炽 |
| 明代 | the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明令 | public proclamation |
| 明令禁止 | prohibited by explicit order; banned by formal decree |
| 明体 | Mincho Song font |
| 明信片 | postcard |
| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 項羽|项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another to cheat under cover of a diver |
| 明儿 | tomorrow one of these days some day |