面面

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (面面)		面	面

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-mien

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: myàn-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannmiann
    • Palladius: мяньмянь (mjanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ min⁶
    • Yale: mihn mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/

Noun

面面

1. (literary) each and every aspect
2. (literary) face to face

Derived terms

• 面面俱全
• 面面俱到 (miànmiànjùdào)
• 面面俱圓／面面俱圆
• 面面廝覷／面面厮觑
• 面面相窺／面面相窥
• 面面相覷／面面相觑 (miànmiànxiāngqù)
• 面面觀／面面观

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 面面 – see 麵麵 (“powder”). (This term is the simplified form of 麵麵).

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
面	面
めん Grade: 3	めん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
面々

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めんめ​ん [mèńméꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞mːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

面(めん)面(めん) • (menmen) 

1. each, every one

   Synonyms: 銘銘, 各々, 各自, 各人, それぞれ, 一人一人

Derived terms

• 銘銘(めいめい) (meimei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
面	面

Noun

面面 • (myeonmyeon) (hangeul 면면)

1. Hanja form^? of 면면 (“various aspects; various faces”).