面口

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (面口)		面	口
anagram		口面

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): min⁶ hau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): men⁵ heu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ hau²
    • Yale: mihn háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² hɐu̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: men⁵ heu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐben³² heu⁵⁵/

Noun

面口

1. (Cantonese) facial appearance; face

   • 我昨日見你嘅朋友、佢靣口幾好嚹。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我昨日见你嘅朋友、佢面口几好嚹。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1888, T. L. Stedman and K. P. Lee, A Chinese and English phrase book in the Canton dialect, page 7

     ngo⁵ zok⁶ jat⁶ gin³ nei⁵ ge³ pang⁴ jau⁵, keoi⁵ min⁶ hau² gei² hou² laa³. [Jyutping]

     I saw your friend yesterday; he was looking very well.

Derived terms

• 熟面口
• 生面口