切面

Chinese

		close to; to cut; to slice	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (切面)		切	面

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiēmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiēmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciemiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: chyē-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiemiann
    • Palladius: цемянь (cemjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cit³ min⁶
    • Yale: chit mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³ miːn²²/

Noun

切面

1. section; cross section
2. (differential geometry) tangent plane

Synonyms

• (section):

• 剖面 (pōumiàn)
• 截面 (jiémiàn)
• 斷面／断面 (duànmiàn)

 

Derived terms

• 公切面
• 橫切面／横切面 (héngqiēmiàn)
• 縱切面／纵切面 (zōngqiēmiàn)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 切面 – see 切麵 (“noodles made by rolling flat a piece of dough and cutting it into strips; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 切麵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.