北面

Chinese edit

		north	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (北面)		北	面
simp. ^#(北面)		北	面

Etymology edit

According to ancient convention, the most important person in a room would be seated on the north side facing south. All subordinates would therefore be facing north, in deference to the most important person (such as the emperor).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běimiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ min⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pet-mien
Eastern Min (BUC): báe̤k-miêng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pak-bīn
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷poq-mi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běimiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běimiàn
  - Wade–Giles: pei³-mien⁴
  - Yale: běi-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeimiann
  - Palladius: бэймянь (bɛjmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ min⁶
  - Yale: bāk mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ miːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pet-mien
  - Hakka Romanization System: bed` mien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bed⁵ mian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pet̚² mi̯en⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: báe̤k-miêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pøyʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ miɛŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pak-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: pak-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakbin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ bin²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ bin²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ bin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ bin³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷poq-mi
  - MiniDict: poh^入 mi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴poq-mi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /poʔ³³ mi⁴⁴/

Noun edit

北面

north; north side
(literary) official in feudal court

Synonyms edit

(north): 北邊／北边 (běibiān); (Hakka) 北片; (Jin) 北半切; (Hokkien, Teochew) 北爿, 北勢／北势, 北頭／北头 (běitóu); (Wu, dated) 北壗／北𡋤

Coordinate terms edit

(north):
- 東面／东面 (dōngmiàn)
- 南面 (nánmiàn)
- 西面 (xīmiàn)

Verb edit

北面

(literary) to face north (in deference to the emperor or one's superior)
(literary, of an apprentice) to follow a master