正面
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Chinese
[edit]just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year |
face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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simp. and trad. (正面) |
正 | 面 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngmiàn
- Wade–Giles: chêng4-mien4
- Yale: jèng-myàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqmiann
- Palladius: чжэнмянь (čžɛnmjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing3 min6
- Yale: jing mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing3 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: jing3 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-mien
- Hakka Romanization System: ziin mien
- Hagfa Pinyim: zin4 mian4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Magong, Sanxia, Tainan)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-biān
- Tâi-lô: tsìng-biān
- Phofsit Daibuun: zeangbien
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zian3 ming7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàⁿ mīng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sĩã²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/
Adjective
[edit]正面
Antonyms
[edit]- 反面 (fǎnmiàn)
Noun
[edit]正面
- front; façade; frontage
- right side; obverse
- (anatomy) frontal plane
- (Magong, Sanxia and Tainan Hokkien) right side; the right
Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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正 | 面 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
めん Grade: 3 |
goon |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 正面 (MC tsyeng|tsyengH mjienH).
First attested in the early 1200s.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]正面 • (shōmen) ←しやうめん (syaumen)?
- [from early 1200s] front, façade (as of a building)
- [from 1484] direct front side of something
- [from 1903] straightforwardness, directness (especially in dealing with something)
- Synonym: 真面 (matomo, “honesty, directness, straightforwardness”)
- [from 1430] (Noh, theater) the front of the main stage
- [from 1803] (sumo) the north side of the 土俵場 (dohyōba, “the raised square wrestling ring”)
- [late 1700s – ???] (historical) in the Shinagawa area of Edo, the front area of a brothel where prostitutes would show off and attract customers
- Synonym: 張り見世 (harimise)
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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正 | 面 |
まとも | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 3 |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling of 真面 (matomo), swapping out the broadly synonymous kanji 真 for 正.
Definitions
[edit]For pronunciation and definitions of 正面 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 正面, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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正 | 面 |
Noun
[edit]正面 • (jeongmyeon) (hangeul 정면)
Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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正 | 面 |
Adjective
[edit]正面
- chữ Hán form of chính diện.
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