世面

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (世面)		世	面
anagram		面世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ min⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-bīn / sì-biān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìmiàn → shìmian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhmiån
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-mien⁵
    • Yale: shr̀-myan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.miann
    • Palladius: шимянь (šimjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mi̯ɛn¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 世面 市面 識面／识面

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ min⁶
    • Yale: sai mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: sè-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'bin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-biān
    • Tâi-lô: sì-biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'bien
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/

Noun

世面

1. the world as a whole; society; state of the world

Derived terms

• 沒見過世面／没见过世面 (méi jiànguo shìmiàn)