顏面

See also: 顔面 and 颜面

Chinese

		colour; countenance; face	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (顏面)		顏	面
simp. (颜面)		颜	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴ min⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gân-bīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-mien⁴
    • Yale: yán-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanmiann
    • Palladius: яньмянь (janʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánmiànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánmiànr
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-mien⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yán-myànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanmiall
    • Palladius: яньмяньр (janʹmjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ mi̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁴ min⁶
    • Yale: ngàahn mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: gân-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ganbin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡan²³⁻³³ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡan²⁴⁻²² bin²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡan²⁴⁻¹¹ bin³³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaen mjienH

Rime
Character	顏	面
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	五姦切	彌箭切
Baxter	ngaen	mjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠan/	/miᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚan/	/miɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɐn/	/mjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨn/	/mianH/
Li Rong	/ŋan/	/miɛnH/
Wang Li	/ŋan/	/mĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋan/	/mi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	miàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngaan4	min6

Noun

顏面

1. person's face; facial surface
2. face (sociological concept); dignity; prestige

Synonyms

• (person's face):

• 喙面 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 嘴臉／嘴脸 (zuǐliǎn) (usually derogatory)
• 臉／脸
• 臉子／脸子 (liǎnzi) (colloquial)
• 臉蛋／脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
• 臉蛋子／脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial, mainland China)
• 臉部／脸部 (liǎnbù)
• 臉面／脸面 (liǎnmiàn)
• 面 (miàn) (compounds or dialectical)
• 面孔 (miànkǒng) (formal or Wu)
• 面目 (miànmù)
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 面部 (miànbù)

 

• (dignity):

Dialectal synonyms of 面目 (“dignity; reputation; face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		面目, 面子, 體面, 顏面, 臉面, 臉子
Mandarin	Taiwan	面子
	Wanrong	面子
	Malaysia	臉, 面子
	Singapore	面子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	面
	Hong Kong	面, 面子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	面
Southern Min	Xiamen	面子, 面皮
	Quanzhou	面皮
	Zhangzhou	面皮
	Penang (Hokkien)	面, 面皮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	面, 面皮
	Manila (Hokkien)	面, 面子, 面皮
	Singapore (Teochew)	面皮
Wu	Shanghai	面子

Derived terms

• 顏面掃地／颜面扫地
• 顏面騎乘／颜面骑乘 (yánmiàn qíchéng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顏面):

• → Japanese: 顔面(がんめん) (ganmen)
• → Korean: 안면(顔面) (anmyeon)
• → Vietnamese: nhan diện (顏面)