反面

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (反面)		反	面
simp. #(反面)		反	面

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-mien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-bīn / péng-bīn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêng² ming⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-mien⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanmiann
    • Palladius: фаньмянь (fanʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² min⁶
    • Yale: fáan mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan^ˋ mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: huán-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnbin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: píng-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefngbin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huêng² ming⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huéng mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ miŋ¹¹/

Noun

反面

1. opposite side; reverse side; backside

Adjective

反面

1. negative; bad

Synonyms

• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)

Antonyms

• 正面 (zhèngmiàn)

Derived terms

• 反面人物 (fǎnmiàn rénwù)
• 反面教材 (fǎnmiàn jiàocái)

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² min^6-2
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fan³ miên⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² min^6-2
    • Yale: fáan mín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² min^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² min^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ miːn²²⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fan³ miên⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ miɛn⁵³/

Verb

反⫽面 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to break up; to fall out; to turn against

Synonyms

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• 捋面 (Hokkien)
• 翻 (fān)
• 翻臉 / 翻脸 (fānliǎn)
• 變臉 / 变脸 (biànliǎn)
• 變面 / 变面 (bi̿ng-mīng) (Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 起屁面 (Hokkien)
• 起歹面 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 鬧翻 / 闹翻 (nàofān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
反	面
はん Grade: 3	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

反(はん)面(めん) • (hanmen) 

1. the opposite physical side of something
2. another figurative side of something

Korean

Hanja in this term
反	面

Noun

反面 • (banmyeon) (hangeul 반면)

1. hanja form^? of 반면 (“flip side”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
反	面

Adjective

反面

1. chữ Hán form of phản diện (“being a literary antagonist or villain”).

   Antonym: 正面 (chính diện)