水面

Chinese

		water; river	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (水面)		水	面
anagram		面水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǐmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi² min⁶ / seoi² min^6-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sui² men^5*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-mien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-bīn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zui² ming⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shui³-mien⁴
    • Yale: shwěi-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimiann
    • Palladius: шуймянь (šujmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi² min⁶ / seoi² min^6-2
    • Yale: séui mihn / séui mín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² min⁶ / soey² min^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² min⁶ / sêu² min^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ miːn²²/, /sɵy̯³⁵ miːn²²⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sui² men^5*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵ ᵐben³²⁻³²⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˋ mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'bin
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui² ming⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsúi mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ miŋ¹¹/

Noun

水面

1. surface of the water

   柳枝低垂在水面上。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Liǔ zhī dīchuí zài shuǐmiàn shang. [Pinyin]

   The branches of the willows drooped over the water.

   浮喺水面 [Cantonese]  ―  fau⁴ hai² seoi² min^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  float on water

2. area of a body of water

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水	面
すい Grade: 1	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

From 水(すい) (sui, “water”) + 面(めん) (men, “surface”), a compound of two Sino-Xenic elements. Compare modern Mandarin 水面 (shuǐmiàn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨimẽ̞ɴ]
• (Tokyo) すいめん [sùíméń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

水(すい)面(めん) • (suimen) 

1. surface of the water

Derived terms

• 水(すい)面(めん)下(か) (suimenka, “underwater”)
• 水(すい)面(めん)を掠(かす)める (suimen o kasumeru, “to skim over the water”)
• 公(こう)有(ゆう)水(すい)面(めん) (kōyū suimen, “public waters”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水	面
み(な) Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From 水(み) (mi, “water”) + な (na, “of”) + 面(も) (mo, “surface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲina̠mo̞]
• (Tokyo) みなも [mìnámó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

水(みな)面(も) • (minamo) 

1. surface of the water
   • 2006 August 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)41(よんいち) パリーナ [Navigation 41: Palinas]”, in ARIA(アリア) [Aria], volume 9 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 10:

     これはパリーナ　ネオ・ヴェネツィアの水(みな)面(も)に無(む)数(すう)に立(た)っている棒(ぼう)　舟(ゴンドラ)を繋(つな)ぐために　一(ひと)役(やく)買(か)っている優(すぐ)れモノです

     Kore wa parīna. Neo Venetsia no minamo ni musū ni tatteiru bō. Gondora o tsunagu tame ni. Hitoyaku katteiru sugure mono desu.

     These are palinas. There are countless poles like these across the waters of New Venice. They’re used as tying spots for gondolas. And they play their role perfectly.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
水	面
み(の) Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From 水(み) (mi, “water”) + の (no, “of”) + 面(も) (mo, “surface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʲino̞mo̞]
• (Tokyo) みのも [mìnómó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

水(みの)面(も) • (minomo) 

1. surface of the water

References

• “^△水^△面”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
水	面

Noun

水面 • (sumyeon) (hangeul 수면)

1. hanja form^? of 수면 (“surface of the water”)