體面

See also: 体面

Chinese

		body; form; style body; form; style; system	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (體面)		體	面
simp. (体面)		体	面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǐmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² min⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thí-mien
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): te³ meng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thé-biān / thé-bīn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǐmiàn → tǐmian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ → ㄊㄧˇ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǐmiån
  - Wade–Giles: tʻi³-mien⁵
  - Yale: tǐ-myan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tii.miann
  - Palladius: тимянь (timjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /tʰi²¹⁴ mi̯ɛn⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai² min⁶
  - Yale: tái mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai² min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei² min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ miːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thí-mien
  - Hakka Romanization System: ti^ˋ mien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ti³ mian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi³¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: te³ meng⁴ [Phonetic: te⁵ meng⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tâ̤-me̍ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ mɛŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: te³ meng⁴ [Phonetic: te⁵ meng⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe³³²⁻²¹ mɛŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thé-biān
  - Tâi-lô: thé-biān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tefbien
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɛn³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɛn³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɛn⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thé-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: thé-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tefbin
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/

Adjective

體面

Synonyms

(honorable):

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光彩 (guāngcǎi)
光榮 / 光荣 (guāngróng)
光耀 (guāngyào)
名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
好聽 / 好听 (hǎotīng)
榮光 / 荣光 (róngguāng)
榮耀 / 荣耀 (róngyào)
風光 / 风光 (fēngguang) (figurative, colloquial)

(presentable):

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俊 (jùn)
俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
俊秀 (jùnxiù)
俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
好看 (hǎokàn)
妖嬌 / 妖娇 (iau-kiau) (Hokkien)
姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
悅目 / 悦目 (yuèmù)
是樣 / 是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
標緻 / 标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
清秀 (qīngxiù)
漂亮
秀媚 (xiùmèi)
秀美 (xiùměi)
秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
耐看 (nàikàn)
花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
邊式 / 边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)

(courteous): 規矩／规矩 (guījǔ), 禮貌／礼貌 (lǐmào)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “honorable”):

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不名譽 / 不名誉 (bùmíngyù)

Noun

體面

Synonyms

(dignity):

Dialectal synonyms of 面目 (“dignity; reputation; face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		面目, 面子, 體面, 顏面, 臉面, 臉子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	面子
	Malaysia	臉, 面子
	Singapore	面子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	面子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	面
	Hong Kong	面, 面子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	面
Southern Min	Xiamen	面子, 面皮
	Quanzhou	面皮
	Zhangzhou	面皮
	Penang (Hokkien)	面, 面皮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	面, 面皮
	Manila (Hokkien)	面, 面子, 面皮
	Singapore (Teochew)	面皮
Wu	Shanghai	面子