| 明斯克 | Míng sī kè | Minsk, capital of Belarus |
| 明智之举 | míng zhì zhī jǔ | sensible act |
| 明月 | míng yuè | bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark; CL:轮 |
| 明月清风 | míng yuè qīng fēng | bright moon and clear wind (idiom); fig. clear and lovely atmosphere; everything in the garden is roses |
| 明朝 | Míng cháo | Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) |
| 明朝 | míng zhāo | tomorrow morning; the following morning |
| 明朝体 | Míng cháo tǐ | Mincho font |
| 明末 | Míng mò | late Ming; first half of the 17th century |
| 明末清初 | Míng mò Qīng chū | late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century |
| 明杖 | míng zhàng | white cane (used by the blind) |
| 明查暗访 | míng chá àn fǎng | open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret; taking information from all sides |
明枪好躲，
暗箭难防 | míng qiāng hǎo duǒ ,
àn jiàn nán fáng | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies |
明枪易躲，
暗箭难防 | míng qiāng yì duǒ ,
àn jiàn nán fáng | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies |
| 明武宗 | Míng Wǔ zōng | Ming Wuzong, temple name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhengde 正德 |
| 明水 | Míng shuǐ | Mingshui county in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明水县 | Míng shuǐ xiàn | Mingshui county in Suihua 绥化, Heilongjiang |
| 明治 | Míng zhì | Meiji (Japanese reign name 1868-1912) |
| 明清 | Míng Qīng | the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties |
| 明溪 | Míng xī | Mingxi county in Sanming 三明, Fujian |
| 明溪县 | Míng xī xiàn | Mingxi county in Sanming 三明, Fujian |
| 明澈 | míng chè | clear; limpid |
| 明火 | míng huǒ | flame; open fire |
| 明熹宗 | Míng Xī zōng | Ming Xizong, Temple name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天启 |
| 明争暗斗 | míng zhēng àn dòu | struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other; locked in constant strife |
| 明理 | míng lǐ | sensible; reasonable; an obvious reason, truth or fact; to understand the reason or reasoning |
| 明皎 | míng jiǎo | clear and bright |
| 明眸皓齿 | míng móu hào chǐ | to have bright eyes and white teeth |
| 明知故犯 | míng zhī gù fàn | deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime |
| 明窗净几 | míng chuāng jìng jī | lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean |
| 明细 | míng xì | clear and detailed; definite; details (are as follows:) |
| 明细表 | míng xì biǎo | schedule; subsidiary ledger; a detailed list |
| 明处 | míng chù | clear place; out in the open |
| 明虾 | míng xiā | prawn |
| 明言 | míng yán | to say clearly; to argue clearly; to pronounce; pronounced |
| 明订 | míng dìng | to stipulate; to state expressly; to explicitly provide for |
| 明辨 | míng biàn | to discern; to distinguish clearly |
| 明辨是非 | míng biàn shì fēi | to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) |
| 明达 | míng dá | reasonable; of good judgement |
| 明达事理 | míng dá shì lǐ | reasonable; sensible |
| 明邃 | míng suì | glistening and piercing |
| 明镜高悬 | míng jìng gāo xuán | a bright mirror hung high (idiom); fig. a mirror into the conscience of officials; Big brother is watching you. |
| 明显的句法线索 | míng xiǎn de jù fǎ xiàn suǒ | explicit syntactic cue |
| 明体 | míng tǐ | Mincho; Song font |
| 春光明媚 | chūn guāng míng mèi | lovely spring sunshine |
| 是非分明 | shì fēi fēn míng | to distinguish right from wrong (idiom) |
| 晶明 | jīng míng | bright; shiny |
| 暗察明访 | àn chá míng fǎng | open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret; taking information from all sides |
| 本杰明 | běn jié míng | Benjamin (person name) |
| 本杰明・富兰克林 | Běn jié míng · Fù lán kè lín | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat |
| 李明博 | Lǐ Míng bó | Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, President of South Korea from 2007 |
