相面

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (相面)		相	面
anagram		面相

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàngmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng³ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàngmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàngmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: syàng-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqmiann
    • Palladius: сянмянь (sjanmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng³ min⁶
    • Yale: seung mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³³ miːn²²/

Verb

相⫽面 (verb-object)

1. to practise physiognomy; to do fortune telling based on the subject's appearance

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看相 (“to practise physiognomy; to tell fortune by reading facial features”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		看相, 相面
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	相面
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	相面
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	相面
	Xi'an	相面
	Xining	相面
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	相命
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	看相
	Yangzhou	相面
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睇相
	Hong Kong	睇相
	Taishan	睇相
	Dongguan	睇相
Gan	Nanchang	看相
	Pingxiang	看相
Hakka	Meixian	看相, 相命
	Yudu	看相
Huizhou	Jixi	看相
Northern Min	Jian'ou	覷相
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	看相
Southern Min	Shantou	相五行, 睇相, 相命
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相五行
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	相五行
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	相五行
	Jieyang	相五行, 睇相, 睇五行
	Haikou	望相
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	看相
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	相面
	Suzhou	相面
	Danyang	相面
	Hangzhou	看相
	Jinhua	望相
Xiang	Loudi	看相