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 (Jyutping): seoi² min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): súi-mien
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-bīn

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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
    • Yale: séui mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey² min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu² min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: súi-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui` mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui³ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i³¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: tsuí-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'bin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 水面

1. surface of the water
2. area of a body of water

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

水 (sui, “water”) +‎ 面 (men, “surface”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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 Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun'yomi

水 (mi, “water”) +‎ な (na, “of”) +‎ 面 (mo, “surface”)

Noun

水面(みなも) • (minamo) 

1. surface of the water
   • 2006 August 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation41(よんいち) パリーナ [Navigation 41 Palinas]”, in (deprecated template usage) ARIA(アリア) (ARIA(アリア)) [Aria], volume 9 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 10:

     これはパリーナ　ネオ・ヴェネツィアの水面(みなも)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 Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun'yomi

水 (mi, “water”) +‎ の (no, “of”) +‎ 面 (mo, “surface”)

Noun

水面(みのも) • (minomo) 

1. surface of the water

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Korean

Hanja in this term
水	面

Noun

水面 • (sumyeon) (hangeul 수면)

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