摑面

Chinese

		to slap	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (摑面)		摑	面
simp. (掴面)		掴	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāimiàn, guómiàn, guōmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞ ㄇㄧㄢˋ, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ, ㄍㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaak³ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāimiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guaimiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuai¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: gwāi-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guaimiann
    • Palladius: гуаймянь (guajmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guómiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guómiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-mien⁴
    • Yale: gwó-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwomiann
    • Palladius: гомянь (gomjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guōmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guomiàn
    • Wade–Giles: kuo¹-mien⁴
    • Yale: gwō-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guomiann
    • Palladius: гомянь (gomjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaak³ min⁶
    • Yale: gwaak mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaak⁸ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guag³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːk̚³ miːn²²/

Verb

摑⫽面 (verb-object)

1. to box in the face
   • 1986, “誰又欠了誰”, in Paula, performed by 徐小鳳:

     每次留下回憶片段　或似小方糖甜蜜地吮　還是塊青磚摑面傷損 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     每次留下回忆片段　或似小方糖甜蜜地吮　还是块青砖掴面伤损 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     mui⁵ ci³ lau⁴ haa⁶ wui⁴ jik¹ pin³ dyun⁶, waak⁶ ci⁵ siu² fong¹ tong⁴ tim⁴ mat⁶ dei⁶ syun⁵, waan⁴ si⁶ faai³ ceng¹ zyun¹ gwaak³ min⁶ soeng¹ syun² [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 摑臉／掴脸 (guāiliǎn)