世面

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (世面)		世	面
anagram		面世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ min⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-bīn / sì-biān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìmiàn → shìmian (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ → ㄕˋ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhmiån
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-mien⁵
  - Yale: shr̀-myan
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh.miann
  - Palladius: шимянь (šimjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ mi̯ɛn¹/
  - Homophones:
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    世面
    市面
    識面／识面
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ min⁶
  - Yale: sai mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ miːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-bīn
  - Tâi-lô: sè-bīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'bin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-biān
  - Tâi-lô: sì-biān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sie'bien
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn²²/

Noun

世面

the world as a whole; society; state of the world

Derived terms

沒見過世面／没见过世面 (méi jiànguo shìmiàn)

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