名画

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 名画 – see 名畫 (“famous painting; masterpiece”). (This term is the simplified form of 名畫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	画
めい Grade: 1	が Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
名畫 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーが [méꜜègà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːɡa̠]

• Homophone: 螟蛾

Noun

名(めい)画(が) • (meiga) ^{←めいぐわ (meigwa)?}

1. masterpiece; famous painting
2. classic film

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN