南面

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Chinese

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south
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
simp. and trad.
(南面)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (8) (4)
Final () (159) (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter nom mjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/nʌm/ /miᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/nəm/ /miɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/nɒm/ /mjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/nəm/ /mianH/
Li
Rong
/nᴀm/ /miɛnH/
Wang
Li
/nɒm/ /mĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/năm/ /mi̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán miàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
naam4 min6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán miàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ nom › ‹ mjienH ›
Old
Chinese
/*nˁ[ə]m/ /*C.me[n]-s/
English south face

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9355 9098
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuːm/ /*mens/

Noun

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南面

  1. the south side

Usage notes

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Since ancient times, the person of importance was expected to sit on the north side of a room facing south.

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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Verb

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南面

  1. (literary) to be the monarch
  2. (literary) to be a government official