面桶

Chinese

face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
 
pail; bucket; bin
pail; bucket; bin; barrel
 
simp. and trad.
(面桶)

Pronunciation


Note: Jieyang.

Noun

面桶

  1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) washbowl; washbasin (Classifier: mn)
  2. (Philippine Hokkien) million
    面桶面桶 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  nňg bīn-tháng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  two million

Synonyms

See also

Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小寫 / 小写)
, , , ,  /  / ,
十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)
百萬 / 百万,
(Philippines),
面桶 (Philippines)
 / 亿 (Taiwan)
萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大寫 / 大写)
 /  /  /

In Min Nan numbers, the vernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while the literary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant for the numeral in Mandarin.