八面玲瓏

Chinese

		all around; in all directions; from every direction all around; in all directions; from every direction; eight faces
trad. (八面玲瓏)		八面	玲瓏
simp. (八面玲珑)		八面	玲珑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāmiànlínglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāmiànlínglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bamiànlínglóng
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-mien⁴-ling²-lung²
    • Yale: bā-myàn-líng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bamiannlinglong
    • Palladius: бамяньлинлун (bamjanʹlinlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ liŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: baat mihn lìhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baat⁸ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bad³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːt̚³ miːn²² lɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

八面玲瓏

1. smooth and slick (in making social contacts)

Synonyms

• 八面光 (bāmiànguāng)
• 八面見光／八面见光 (bāmiàn jiànguāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	面	玲	瓏
はち Grade: 1	めん Grade: 3	れい Jinmeiyō	ろう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Adjective

八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう) • (hachimenreirō) ^†-tari (adnominal 八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう)とした (hachimenreirō to shita) or 八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう)たる (hachimenreirō taru), adverbial 八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう)と (hachimenreirō to) or 八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう)として (hachimenreirō to shite))
八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう) • (hachimenreirō) -na (adnominal 八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう)な (hachimenreirō na), adverbial 八(はち)面(めん)玲(れい)瓏(ろう)に (hachimenreirō ni))

1. (literary) clear from every direction
2. (literary) (of a mind) serene without cloud or stagnation
3. (literary) amiable and affable