面子

Chinese

Etymology 1

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (面子)		面	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ zi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-chṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): méng-cṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-chú / bīn-chír / biān-chú / biān-chír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: myàn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann.tzy
    • Palladius: мяньцзы (mjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ zi²
    • Yale: mihn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-chṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien zii^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: méng-cṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t͡s-)ʒy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chú
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnzuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chír
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-chú
    • Tâi-lô: biān-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biexnzuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-chír
    • Tâi-lô: biān-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 面子

1. outer part; outside; face
2. reputation; face; self-respect
3. feelings; sensibilities

Synonyms

• (outer part): 面兒／面儿 (miànr), 一層／一层 (yīcéng)
• (reputation): 臉面／脸面 (liǎnmiàn), 面目 (miànmù), 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn), 顏面／颜面 (yánmiàn)
• (feelings): 臉皮／脸皮 (liǎnpí), 人情 (rénqíng), 情面 (qíngmiàn)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 面子 – see 麵子 (“fine powder”). (This term is the simplified form of 麵子).

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

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