面對

See also: 面对

Chinese edit

	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards sth); right
trad. (面對)	面	對
simp. (面对)	面	对
anagram	對面／对面

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miànduì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ deoi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-tui
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bīn-tùi / biān-tùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁷ dui³ / mêng⁷ dui³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miànduì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miànduèi
  - Wade–Giles: mien⁴-tui⁴
  - Yale: myàn-dwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannduey
  - Palladius: мяньдуй (mjanʹduj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ deoi³
  - Yale: mihn deui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ doey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ dêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² tɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-tui
  - Hakka Romanization System: mien dui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ dui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ tu̯i⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-tùi
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-tuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnduix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² tui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /bin²²⁻²¹ tui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ tui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ tui²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-tùi
  - Tâi-lô: biān-tuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biexnduix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁴¹⁻²² tui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn³³⁻²¹ tui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn³³⁻¹¹ tui¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /biɛn²²⁻²¹ tui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ming⁷ dui³ / mêng⁷ dui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīng tùi / mēng tùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹¹ tui²¹³/, /meŋ¹¹ tui²¹³/

Note: mêng7 dui3 - Jieyang.

Verb edit

面對

to face; to confront
面對現實／面对现实 ― miànduì xiànshí ― to face reality

Synonyms edit

朝向 (cháoxiàng)
正視／正视 (zhèngshì)
瀕臨／濒临 (bīnlín)
直視／直视 (zhíshì)
直面 (zhímiàn)
迎
面向 (miànxiàng)
面臨／面临 (miànlín)

Related terms edit

面對面／面对面 (miànduìmiàn)

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (面對):

→ Korean: 면대(面對) (myeondae)