相面
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually |
face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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simp. and trad. (相面) |
相 | 面 | |
anagram | 面相 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siàngmiàn
- Wade–Giles: hsiang4-mien4
- Yale: syàng-myàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqmiann
- Palladius: сянмянь (sjanmjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: soeng3 min6
- Yale: seung mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: soeng3 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: sêng3 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sœːŋ³³ miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
[edit]相⫽面 (verb-object)
- to practise physiognomy; to do fortune telling based on the subject's appearance
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 看相 (“to practise physiognomy; to tell fortune by reading facial features”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看相, 相面 | |
Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 相面 |
Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 相面 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 相面 |
Xi'an | 相面 | |
Xining | 相面 | |
Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 相命 |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 看相 |
Yangzhou | 相面 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇相 |
Hong Kong | 睇相 | |
Taishan | 睇相 | |
Dongguan | 睇相 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 看相 |
Pingxiang | 看相 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 看相, 相命 |
Yudu | 看相 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 看相 |
Northern Min | Jian'ou | 覷相 |
Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 看相 |
Southern Min | Shantou | 相五行, 睇相, 相命 |
Shantou (Chenghai) | 相五行 | |
Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 相五行 | |
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 相五行 | |
Jieyang | 相五行, 睇相, 睇五行 | |
Haifeng | 睇相 | |
Haikou | 望相 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 看相 |
Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 相面 |
Suzhou | 相面 | |
Danyang | 相面 | |
Hangzhou | 看相 | |
Jinhua | 望相 | |
Xiang | Loudi | 看相 |