ming

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Definition of ming in English English dictionary

A surname

A male or female given name

To mix, blend, mingle

To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse

the old man him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement .

To produce through mixing; especially, to knead

To be foul smelling

To be unattractive (person or object)

A Chinese dynasty (1368-1644) noted for its flourishing foreign trade, achievements in scholarship, and development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.Ming adj. K'un ming Ming Antu Ming dynasty Pei Ieoh Ming Wang Yang ming Wen Cheng ming

{i} Chinese dynasty (1368-1644), dynasty marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts

the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644

Related Terms

Ming Dynasty

the dynasty (=family of rulers) which ruled China from 1368 to 1644. During this period there were many important developments in Chinese art, politics, and trade. Ming vases (=decorated containers) are famous for being very beautiful and very valuable. (1368-1644) Chinese dynasty that provided an interval of native rule between eras of Mongol and Manchu dominance. The Ming, one of the most stable but autocratic of dynasties, extended Chinese influence farther than did any other native rulers of China. Under the Ming, the capital of China was moved from Nanjing to Beijing, and the Forbidden City was constructed. Naval expeditions led by Zheng He paved the way for trade with Southeast Asia, India, and eastern Africa. During the Ming dynasty, novels were written in the vernacular, while philosophy benefited from the work of Wang Yangming in Neo-Confucianism. Ming monochrome porcelain became famous throughout the world, with imitations created in Vietnam, Japan, and Europe

ming tree

a dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat-topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container an artificial plant resembling a bonsai

Ieoh Ming Pei

born April 26, 1917, Canton, China Chinese-born U.S. architect. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1935 and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. After working for the architectural firm of Webb & Knapp, he formed his own partnership in 1955. Early in his career he created the building for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. (1968), which mimics the broken silhouettes of the surrounding peaks. His innovative East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1978), was hailed as one of his finest achievements. Other works include Boston's John Hancock Tower (1973), Beijing's Fragrant Hill Hotel (1982), and a controversial glass pyramid for a courtyard at the Louvre Museum, Paris (1989). Pei's designs represent an elaboration on the rectangular forms and irregular silhouettes of the International Style but with a uniquely skillful arrangement of geometric shapes and a dramatic use of varied materials, spaces, and surfaces; in his Miho Museum of Art, Shiga, Japan (1997), for example, he achieved a harmony between the building, much of it underground, and its mountain environment. In 1983 Pei received the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Hyphenation

Ming

Turkish pronunciation

mîng

Pronunciation

/ˈməɴɢ/ /ˈmɪŋ/

Etymology

() Old English mengan, from Proto-Germanic *mangijanan. Cognate with Dutch mengen, German mengen, Danish mænge.