局面

Chinese

		situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (局面)		局	面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): júmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): guk⁶ min⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k-bīn / kia̍k-bīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: júmiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyúmiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chü²-mien⁴
  - Yale: jyú-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyumiann
  - Palladius: цзюймянь (czjujmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: guk⁶ min⁶
  - Yale: guhk mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁹ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gug⁶ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚² miːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: kio̍k-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiogbin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍k-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: kia̍k-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiagbin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚²⁴⁻² bin⁴¹/

Noun

局面

aspect; phase; situation; scenario
雙贏局面／双赢局面 ― shuāngyíng júmiàn ― win-win situation

直視複雜局面／直视复杂局面 ― zhíshì fùzá júmiàn ― to face a complex situation head on

他正處於跋前疐後的尷尬局面。 [MSC, trad.]
他正处于跋前疐后的尴尬局面。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zhèng chǔyú báqiánzhìhòu de gāngà júmiàn. [Pinyin]
He is in a difficult dilemma.

球賽一開始，他以一球打開局面。 [MSC, trad.]
球赛一开始，他以一球打开局面。 [MSC, simp.]
Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn. [Pinyin]
He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.
scale; scope; extent
honour; glory; reputation

Synonyms

(situation):

事態 / 事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
光景 (guāngjǐng)
光陰 / 光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
境地 (jìngdì) (chiefly undesirable)
境況 / 境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
境遇 (jìngyù) (usually negative)
局勢 / 局势 (júshì)
形勢 / 形势 (xíngshì)
情勢 / 情势 (qíngshì)
情境 (qíngjìng)
情態 / 情态 (qíngtài)
情況 / 情况 (qíngkuàng)
情狀 / 情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
情節 / 情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
景況 / 景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
樣子 / 样子 (yàngzi)
模樣 / 模样
狀況 / 状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

(scale): 地步 (dìbù), 規模／规模 (guīmó)
(honour): 光榮／光荣 (guāngróng), 名譽／名誉 (míngyù)

Derived terms

新局面 (xīnjúmiàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
局	面
きょく Grade: 3	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

局(きょく)面(めん) • (kyokumen)

the surface of the board
(board games) position: the configuration of pieces on the board and what this implies
(more generally) situation (the way things are and what will occur), aspect of an affair

Korean

Hanja in this term
局	面

Noun

局面 • (gungmyeon) (hangeul 국면)

hanja form^? of 국면 (“aspect; phase; situation”)