面相

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ soeng³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-siong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-chhiuⁿ / bīn-siang / bīn-siòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: myàn-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannshianq
    • Palladius: мяньсян (mjanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ soeng³
    • Yale: mihn seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² sœːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-siong
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien xiong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ si̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chhiuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-tshiunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnchviw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰiũ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰiũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-siang
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-siang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnsiafng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ siaŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixnsioxng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ siɔŋ¹¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 面相

1. facial features (usually in a physiognomic context)

   看面相  ―  kàn miànxiàng  ―  to examine a person's face (to determine their character, future, etc.); to physiognomize