Ming 254961 222500741 2008-06-29T17:55:41Z Thingg 5924818 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/77.101.83.249|77.101.83.249]] to last version by Gurch (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) '''Ming''' ([[wikt:明|明]]) is a common personal name among [[Chinese people]], [[Vietnamese people]], and [[Korean people]]. In pinyin, it is written ''Míng'', in [[Quoc Ngu|romanized Vietnamese]], it is written as [[Minh]], and in Korean it is pronounced ''Myeong''. Directly translated as "bright" (to understand/intelligence), the [[Chinese character]] is made up of the words '''sun''' ([[wikt:日|日]]) and '''moon''' ([[wikt:月|月]]) written side by side. It may also mean: ==People== * [[Ming Tsai]], a celebrity chef * [[Ming-Na]] (born 1963), an American actress * [[Yan Pei-Ming|Yan Pei Ming]] (born 1960), a Chinese born painter * [[Yao Ming]], professional NBA player from China * [[Ho Chi Minh]], Vietnamese leader * [[Ngoc Minh]], a Vietnamese poet * Ming, a fictional character in the [[Japan|Japanese]] role-playing game [[Lost Odyssey]] * The Scottish name [[Menzies]] is traditionally pronounced "MING-iss" ({{IPAEng|ˈmɪŋɪs}}) and a shortened form is "Ming" ** [[Robert Menzies]] (nicknamed "Ming"), an Australian Prime Minister (using the pronunciation "Men-zeez" for his surname) ** British politician [[Menzies Campbell]] (using the pronunciation "MING-iss") is often called "Ming" ===Chinese Emperors=== * [[Ming Dynasty]], the ruling dynasty in China from 1368 to 1644 * [[Emperor Ming of Han]] (28-75) * Emperor Ming of Wei (205-239), see [[Cao Rui]] * Emperor Ming of Zhao (274 - 333), see [[Shi Le]] * [[Emperor Ming of Jin]] (299 - 325) * [[Emperor Ming of Liu Song]] (439 - 472) * [[Emperor Ming of Southern Qi]] (452 - 498) * [[Emperor Ming of Northern Zhou]] (534 - 560) ==Other uses== * [[Ming (typeface)]], a common typeface for writing Chinese characters * [[Ming class submarine]], a class of diesel-electric submarines built by China * [[Motorola MING]], a smartphone released by Motorola * [[Ming library]], a C library with dynamic language bindings for creating Adobe Flash (.swf) files * [[Ming-Ming Duckling]], a character from Wonder Pets * [[Ming of Harlem|Ming]], a tiger who lived in a New York apartment * [[Ming the Merciless]] is a fictional villain in the ''Flash Gordon'' stories * [[Ming (Flash Gordon 2007)]] is an updated version of Ming the Merciless. * [[Ming (clam)]] is a clam, claimed to be the oldest animal ever discovered. {{disambig}} [[fr:Ming]] [[pl:Ming]] [[vi:Minh]]