面皮

Chinese

Etymology 1

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad. (面皮)		面	皮
anagram		皮面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miànpí

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ pei⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-phì
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bīn-phêr / bīn-phê / bīn-phôe

(Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁷ puê⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: miànpí
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miànpí
  - Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pʻi²
  - Yale: myàn-pí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannpyi
  - Palladius: мяньпи (mjanʹpi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ pʰi³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    面皮
    麵皮／面皮
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: min⁶ pei⁴
  - Yale: mihn pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ péi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² pʰei̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    面皮
    麵皮／面皮
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-phì
  - Hakka Romanization System: mien piˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ pi²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ pʰi¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phêr
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-phêr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰə²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phê
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-phê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnphee
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ pʰe²⁴/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /bin⁴¹⁻²² pʰe²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ pʰe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-phôe
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-phuê
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnphoee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ pʰue¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ pʰue²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ming⁷ puê⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mīng phuê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ¹¹ pʰue⁵⁵/

Noun

面皮

(dialectal) cheek; sense of shame
面皮成尺厚 [Cantonese] ― min⁶ pei⁴ seng⁴ cek³ hau⁵ [Jyutping] ― extremely shameless (literally, “cheek skin being as thick as a feet”)
(literary) countenance; complexion; look

Synonyms

(sense of shame): 臉皮／脸皮 (liǎnpí); (Hokkien) 面水

Derived terms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 面皮 – see 麵皮 (“wrapper; sheet of pasta; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 麵皮).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.