表面

Chinese

Etymology 1

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (表面)		表	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎomiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): péu-mien
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-bīn / piáu-biān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎomiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎomiàn
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-mien⁴
    • Yale: byǎu-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beaumiann
    • Palladius: бяомянь (bjaomjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² min⁶
    • Yale: bíu mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu` mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piaw'bin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-biān
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-biān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piaw'bien
    • IPA (Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn²²/

Noun

表面

1. surface; face; external appearance

   表面光澤／表面光泽  ―  biǎomiàn guāngzé  ―  lustrous surface

   表面微生物  ―  biǎomiàn wēishēngwù  ―  surface microorganism

2. the superficial aspect; the surface (of a problem)

Synonyms

• (surface): (Cantonese) 面頭／面头, (Sichuan) 皮面, (Xiang) 表面子

Derived terms

• 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
• 表面光 (biǎomiànguāng)
• 表面化 (biǎomiànhuà)
• 表面張力／表面张力 (biǎomiàn zhānglì)
• 表面性 (biǎomiànxìng)
• 表面文章 (biǎomiànwénzhāng)
• 表面活性劑／表面活性剂 (biǎomiàn huóxìngjì)
• 表面積／表面积 (biǎomiànji)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (表面):

• → Japanese: 表面(ひょうめん) (hyōmen)
• → Korean: 표면(表面) (pyomyeon)
• → Vietnamese: biểu diện (表面)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 表面 – see 錶面 (“watch face”). (This term, 表面, is the simplified form of 錶面.)

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
表	面
ひょう Grade: 3	めん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ço̞ːmẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

表(ひょう)面(めん) • (hyōmen) 

1. surface, face

Korean

Hanja in this term
表	面

Noun

表面 • (pyomyeon) (hangeul 표면)

1. Hanja form^? of 표면 (“surface, face”).