八面

Chinese

		eight	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (八面)		八	面
simp. #(八面)		八	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bamiàn
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: bā-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bamiann
    • Palladius: бамянь (bamjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ min⁶
    • Yale: baat mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ miːn²²/

Noun

八面

1. all around; in all directions; from every direction
2. (literary) eight faces

Synonyms

• (all around): 八方 (bāfāng)

Derived terms

• 八面光 (bāmiànguāng)
• 八面威風 / 八面威风 (bāmiànwēifēng)
• 八面玲瓏 / 八面玲珑 (bāmiànlínglóng)
• 八面見光 / 八面见光 (bāmiàn jiànguāng)