面皮

Chinese

Etymology 1

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (面皮)		面	皮
anagram		皮面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ pei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-phì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-phêr / bīn-phê / bīn-phôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁷ puê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànpí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànpí
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pʻi²
    • Yale: myàn-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannpyi
    • Palladius: мяньпи (mjanʹpi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ pʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: min⁶ pei⁴
    • Yale: mihn pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² pʰei̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 面皮 麵皮／面皮

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-phì
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien piˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ pi²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ pʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phêr
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-phêr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰə²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phê
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-phê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnphee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ pʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰe²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phôe
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-phuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnphoee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ pʰue¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ pʰue²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ming⁷ puê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīng phuê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹¹ pʰue⁵⁵/

Noun

面皮

1. (dialectal) cheek; sense of shame

   面皮成尺厚 [Cantonese]  ―  min⁶ pei⁴ seng⁴ cek³ hau⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  extremely shameless (literally, “cheek skin being as thick as a feet”)

2. (literary) countenance; complexion; look

Synonyms

• (sense of shame): 臉皮／脸皮 (liǎnpí); (Hokkien) 面水

Derived terms

• 做面皮
• 剝面皮／剥面皮
• 厚面皮
• 大面皮兒／大面皮儿
• 惜面皮
• 沒面皮／没面皮
• 白淨面皮／白净面皮
• 白面皮
• 翻面皮
• 老起面皮
• 老面皮
• 討面皮／讨面皮
• 面皮厚
• 面皮失色
• 面皮焦黃／面皮焦黄
• 面皮薄
• 面皮鐵青／面皮铁青
• 顛番面皮／颠番面皮

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 面皮 – see 麵皮 (“wrapper; sheet of pasta; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 麵皮).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.