假面

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (假面)		假	面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² min⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎmiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎmiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-mien⁴
  - Yale: jyǎ-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeamiann
  - Palladius: цзямянь (czjamjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa² min⁶
  - Yale: gá mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga² min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ miːn²²/

Middle Chinese: kaeX mjienH

Rime
Character	假	面
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古疋切	彌箭切
Baxter	kaeX	mjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa^X/	/miᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa^X/	/miɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ka^X/	/mjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ^X/	/mian^H/
Li Rong	/ka^X/	/miɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ka^X/	/mĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka^X/	/mi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ	miàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa²	min⁶

Noun

假面

mask
facade; false front

Synonyms

假面具 (jiǎmiànjù)

Derived terms

假面劇 / 假面剧 (jiǎmiànjù)
假面舞會 / 假面舞会 (jiǎmiàn wǔhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (假面):

→ Japanese: 仮(か)面(めん) (kamen)
→ Korean: 가면(假面) (gamyeon)
→ Vietnamese: giả diện (假面)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
假	面
か Hyōgai	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 假面 – see the following entry.

【仮面かめん】

[noun] mask (cover for the face)

[noun] disguise

(This term, 假面, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
假	面

Noun

假面 • (ga-myeon) (hangeul 가면)

hanja form^? of 가면 (“mask”)