面紗

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	cotton yarn; muslin
trad. (面紗)		面	紗
simp. (面纱)		面	纱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ saa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-sâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁷ sê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànsha
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-sha¹
    • Yale: myàn-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannsha
    • Palladius: мяньша (mjanʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ saa¹
    • Yale: mihn sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² saː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-sâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien sa^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ sa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-se
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnsef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ming⁷ sê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīng se
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹¹ se³³/

Noun

面紗

1. thin veil
2. (figurative) something that hides or obscures the reality; veil

   揭開……的神秘面紗 [MSC, trad.]
   揭开……的神秘面纱 [MSC, simp.]

   jiēkāi...... de shénmì miànshā [Pinyin]

   to lift the mysterious veil of ...