面盆

Chinese

Etymology 1

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	basin
trad. (面盆)		面	盆
simp. #(面盆)		面	盆
alternative forms		面盤／面盘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànpén

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ pun^4-2 / min⁶ pun⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): mien⁵ piin
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mien-phùn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): miên⁴ pun²

• Northern Min (KCR): mīng-bǒ̤ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-phûn / bìn-phûn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁷ pung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi-ben

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànpén
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànpén
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pʻên²
    • Yale: myàn-pén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannpern
    • Palladius: мяньпэнь (mjanʹpɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ pʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ pun^4-2 / min⁶ pun⁴
    • Yale: mihn pún / mihn pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ pun^4-2 / min⁶ pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ pun^4-2 / min⁶ pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² pʰuːn²¹⁻³⁵/, /miːn²² pʰuːn²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mien⁵ piin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miɛn¹¹ pʰɨn¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-phùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien punˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ pun²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ pʰun¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: miên⁴ pun²
    • Sinological IPA: /miɛn⁵³⁻⁵⁵ pʰun¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mīng-bǒ̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵⁵ pɔŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phûn
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-phûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnphuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ pʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ pʰun²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ pʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ pʰun¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bìn-phûn
    • Tâi-lô: bìn-phûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bienphuun
    • IPA (Longyan): /bin²¹³ pʰun¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ming⁷ pung⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīng phûng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹¹ pʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-ben
    • MiniDict: mi^去 ben
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-ben
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² bən⁴⁴/

Noun

面盆

1. washbowl (sink in a bathroom, connected to a supply of water and a drain, in which one may wash one's face and hands)
2. (Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Huizhou, Northern Min, Southern Min, Wu) washbowl; washbasin (basin for washing the face and hands) (Classifier: 個／个 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臉盆 (“washbowl; washbasin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臉盆, 洗臉盆
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	臉盆兒, 臉盆子, 洗臉盆兒
	Singapore	洗臉盆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	臉盆, 臉盆兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	銅盆子, 臉盆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	洗臉盆兒
	Wanrong	臉盆, 銅盆 made of copper
	Xi'an	臉盆子
	Xining	臉盆, 洗臉盆
	Xuzhou	臉盆兒, 臉盆, 臉盆子, 洗臉盆, 洗臉盆兒, 洗臉盆子, 銅盆 made of copper
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	臉盆
	Ürümqi	臉盆子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	臉盆, 洗臉盆子
	Wuhan	臉盆, 洗臉盆
	Guiyang	臉盆
	Guilin	臉盆
	Liuzhou	臉盆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	臉盆
	Yangzhou	臉盆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	面盆
	Hong Kong	面盆
	Dongguan	面盆
Gan	Nanchang	面盆, 臉盆
	Lichuan	面盆
	Pingxiang	面盆
Hakka	Meixian	面盆
	Yudu	面盆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	面盆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	面盆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	面盆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	面盆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	面盆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	面盆
Huizhou	Jixi	面盆, 銅盆 made of copper or enamel
Jin	Taiyuan	洗臉盆
	Xinzhou	洗臉盆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	面盆, 銅盆 made of copper
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	面桶 made of wood
Southern Min	Xiamen	面桶, 面盆
	Quanzhou	面桶, 面盆
	Zhangzhou	面桶, 面盆
	Taipei	面桶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	面桶
	Kaohsiung	面桶
	Yilan	面桶仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	面桶
	Taichung	面桶
	Tainan	面桶
	Hsinchu	面桶
	Kinmen	面桶
	Penghu (Magong)	面桶
	Manila (Hokkien)	面桶, 面盆
	Longyan	面盆
	Shantou	面盆
	Jieyang	面盆, 面桶
	Leizhou	面盆
	Haikou	面盆, 面桶 made of wood
Puxian Min	Putian	面桶
	Xianyou	面桶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	臉盆
Wu	Shanghai	面盆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	面盆, 面鑼 made of copper, old-style, 洋面鑼 made of enamel, 銅面鑼 made of copper
	Suzhou	面盆, 面桶
	Danyang	面盆
	Hangzhou	臉盆
	Ningbo	面桶, 面盆
	Zhoushan	面桶, 面盆
	Wenzhou	面盂, 洋面盂 made of enamel
	Jinhua	面盆, 面桶 made of wood, 銅面盆 made of copper, 洋面盆 new-style, 洋面桶 new-style
Xiang	Changsha	臉盆
	Loudi	面盆

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 面盆 – see 麵盆 (“basin for kneading dough”). (This term is the simplified form of 麵盆).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.