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

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 Neipu)
  - 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

面相

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

Derived terms

面相學／面相学 (miànxiàngxué)