面水

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	water; river
simp. and trad. (面水)		面	水
anagram		水面

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-chúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnzuie
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

面水

1. (Southern Min) facial features; appearance; looks
2. (Jinjiang and Taiwanese Hokkien) cheek; sense of shame

Synonyms

• (facial features):

• 人才 (réncái)
• 儀容／仪容 (yíróng) (of a person)
• 儀表／仪表 (yíbiǎo) (of a person)
• 外形 (wàixíng)
• 外相 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外範／外范 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 外表 (wàibiǎo)
• 外觀／外观 (wàiguān)
• 外貌 (wàimào)
• 容貌 (róngmào, “facial features”)
• 容顏／容颜 (róngyán, “facial features”)
• 尊容 (zūnróng) (ironic or honorific, of a person)
• 尪仔頭／尪仔头 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 形容 (xíngróng, “facial appearance”) (literary)
• 形貌 (xíngmào)
• 樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
• 模樣／模样 (of a person)
• 樣貌／样貌 (yàngmào)
• 相貌 (xiàngmào) (of a person)
• 瞻視／瞻视 (zhānshì) (literary)
• 稿 (gǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 觀瞻／观瞻 (guānzhān)
• 貌相 (màoxiàng) (of a person)
• 賣相／卖相 (màixiàng) (originally Wu)
• 長相／长相 (zhǎngxiàng) (of a person)
• 面容 (miànróng, “facial features”)
• 面容仔 (“facial features”) (Hakka)
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 顏容／颜容 (yánróng, “facial features”)
• 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)

 

• (sense of shame): 臉皮／脸皮 (liǎnpí); (dialectal) 面皮 (miànpí)