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): ㄅㄚㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baat³ min⁶ ling⁴ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bāmiànlínglóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄚㄇㄧㄢˋ 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

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 Hyōgai
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))

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