酩

mǐng
bound morpheme #15,215

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 酩酊 (mǐngdǐng, 'blind drunk')

Examples

HSK 2
Tā hē de mǐngdǐng-dàzuì.
He drank until he was dead drunk.
HSK 2
Zuówǎn tā mǐngdǐng-dàzuì, shénme dōu bú jìde le.
Last night he was plastered and doesn't remember anything.

Tips

usage
酩 only appears in the compound 酩酊 (blind drunk). The full expression 酩酊大醉 is the common idiom meaning 'dead drunk; completely plastered.'

Components

radical
酉 yǒu
wine vessel; tenth earthly branch
Wine-jar radical on the left, the indexing radical. 酉 pictures an ancient sealed wine pot and signals fermented liquor. 酩 appears almost exclusively in 酩酊 dead drunk, so the radical's role is transparent - same family includes 酒 alcohol, 醉 drunk, 醒 sober.
phonetic
名 míng
name
Right side 名 supplies the sound - míng shifting to mǐng with a tone change. Same phonetic appears in 铭 to engrave, 茗 fine tea, 螟 corn borer, 暝 dusk. Pure phonetic role; 酩 only ever appears bound in 酩酊, where meaning rides on the wine radical.

Stroke Order

酩 mǐng