文面

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (文面)		文	面
alternative forms		紋面／纹面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-mien⁴
    • Yale: wén-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenmiann
    • Palladius: вэньмянь (vɛnʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ min⁶
    • Yale: màhn mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ miːn²²/

Verb

文面

1. to tattoo the face

Japanese

Kanji in this term
文	面
ぶん Grade: 1	めん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

文(ぶん)面(めん) • (bunmen) 

1. contents of a document

   その文面(ぶんめん)からはそれ以上(いじょう)を知(し)ることはできない。

   Sono bunmen kara wa sore ijō o shiru koto wa dekinai.

   It is not possible to know more from that writing.