四面

Chinese

		four	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (四面)		四	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei³ min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si-mien
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sì-bīn / sìr-biān / sù-biān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): si³ ming⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhmiann
    • Palladius: сымянь (symjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ min⁶
    • Yale: sei mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: sì-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'bin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-biān
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-biān
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biɛn⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-biān
    • Tâi-lô: sù-biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'bien
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: si³ ming⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sì mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/

Noun

四面

1. four directions; all sides; all around

Derived terms

• 四面八方 (sìmiànbāfāng)
• 四面楚歌 (sìmiànchǔgē)
• 四面體／四面体 (sìmiàntǐ)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	面
し Grade: 1	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しめん [shíꜜmèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕimẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

四(し)面(めん) • (shimen) 

1. four sides, all sides

   これじゃあまるで四面(しめん)楚歌(そか)だ。

   Kore jā marude shimensoka da.

   I see that I am surrounded by hostile faces.

Derived terms

• 四面体(しめんたい) (shimentai)
• 四面体形分子構造(しめんたいがたぶんしこうぞう) (shimentai gata bunshi kōzō)
• 四面楚歌(しめんそか) (shimensoka)
• 四面半六面体(しめんはんろくめんたい) (shimenhan rokumentai)
• 四面体凧(しめんたいたこ) (shimentaitako)