面首

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (面首)		面	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-shou³
    • Yale: myàn-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannshoou
    • Palladius: мяньшоу (mjanʹšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ sau²
    • Yale: mihn sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

面首

1. (literary) face
2. (literary) appearance; looks
3. (literary) handsome man
4. (literary) handsome male companion to a noblewoman; gigolo
5. (literary) mistress; paramour

Verb

面首

1. (literary) to give oneself up to somebody's face