正面

Chinese
 
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad.
(正面)		 正 面

Pronunciation

Adjective

正面

  1. positive; good
    正面形象  ―  zhèngmiàn xíngxiàng  ―  positive image
    正面影響／正面影响  ―  zhèngmiàn yǐngxiǎng  ―  positive impact
  2. direct; head-on
    正面衝突／正面冲突  ―  zhèngmiàn chōngtū  ―  head-on clash
    請你正面回答我的問題。 [MSC, trad.]
    请你正面回答我的问题。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng nǐ zhèngmiàn huídá wǒ de wèntí. [Pinyin]
    Please answer my question directly.

Antonyms

Noun

正面

  1. front; façade; frontage
  2. right side; obverse
    牛皮紙的正面／牛皮纸的正面  ―  niúpízhǐ de zhèngmiàn  ―  the right side of kraft paper
    25美分硬幣的正面是華盛頓總統的頭像。 [MSC, trad.]
    25美分硬币的正面是华盛顿总统的头像。 [MSC, simp.]
    25 měifēn yìngbì de zhèngmiàn shì Huáshèngdùn zǒngtǒng de tóuxiàng. [Pinyin]
    The obverse of a quarter shows the profile of George Washington.
  3. (anatomy) frontal plane
  4. (Magong, Sanxia and Tainan Hokkien) right side; the right

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 右邊 (“right side; the right”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 右
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 右邊, 右手邊, 右側, 右面
Mandarin Beijing 右邊兒
Taiwan 右邊
Harbin 右邊兒拉, 右手
Yantai (Muping) 右邊兒
Jinan 右邊兒
Luoyang 右邊兒, 右面兒
Xi'an 右岸兒, 右邊兒, 右手
Yinchuan 右面子
Xining 右面, 右面兒, 右首
Ürümqi 右邊兒, 右手, 右傍個
Wuhan 右邊, 右手, 順手
Chengdu 右邊, 右手邊, 右手
Guiyang 右手邊
Liuzhou 右邊手
Xuzhou 右邊兒
Yangzhou 右邊, 右手
Nanjing 右邊
Hefei 右邊
Singapore 右邊
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 右邊
Cantonese Guangzhou 右便, 右手便
Hong Kong 右便, 右手便, 右邊, 右手邊
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 右手邊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 右便
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 右邊
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 右邊
Macau 右便
Guangzhou (Panyu) 右便
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 右便
Guangzhou (Conghua) 右便
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 右便
Foshan 右便
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 右便
Foshan (Shunde) 右便
Foshan (Sanshui) 右便
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 右邊
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 右便
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 右便
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 右便
Zhuhai (Doumen) 右便
Jiangmen (Baisha) 右便
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 右邊
Taishan 右邊
Kaiping (Chikan) 右邊
Enping (Niujiang) 右便
Heshan (Yayao) 右便
Dongguan 右邊, 右手便
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 右便
Yangjiang 右便
Singapore (Guangfu) 右便
Gan Nanchang 右邊, 右手
Lichuan 右首, 右邊
Pingxiang 右邊, 右手邊, 右手
Hakka Meixian 右片
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 右邊
Dongguan (Qingxi) 右邊
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 右邊
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 右邊
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 右片, 右手片
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 右片, 右手片
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 右片, 右手片
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 右片, 右手片
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 右片, 右手片
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 正裡, 正手裡
Hong Kong 右手析
Huizhou Jixi 右邊
Jin Taiyuan 右半切
Xinzhou 右半兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 右邊, 右介, 正介, 正手, 正手一介, 順手一介, 正手一介塊, 順手一介塊
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大邊
Southern Min Xiamen 正爿, 正手爿, 大爿
Quanzhou 正爿, 正手爿
Jinjiang 正爿, 正手爿
Zhangzhou 正爿, 正手爿
Taipei 正爿
New Taipei (Sanxia) 正面
Kaohsiung 正爿
Yilan 正爿
Changhua (Lukang) 正爿
Taichung 正爿
Tainan 正面, 正手爿 GT
Hsinchu 正爿
Kinmen 正爿
Penghu (Magong) 正面
Penang (Hokkien) 正手爿
Singapore (Hokkien) 正爿, 正手爿
Manila (Hokkien) 正爿, 正手爿
Chaozhou 正手爿, 右爿
Shantou 右爿
Haikou 右排, 精排, 右邊手, 右排手, 右邊身, 右排身
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 右便
Wu Shanghai 右面, 右邊, 右半爿
Shanghai (Chongming) 右面, 右手
Suzhou 右面
Hangzhou 順手邊
Ningbo 順手半邊
Wenzhou 右面, 順手面
Jinhua 順手面, 大手面, 順面手, 大面手, 右面, 右面手
Jinhua (Tangxi) 大手邊爿
Xiang Changsha 右邊
Loudi 右手邊, 右首
Shuangfeng 右邊
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
正 面
しょう
Grade: 1		 めん
Grade: 3
goon

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 正面 (MC tsyeng|tsyengH mjienH).

First attested in the early 1200s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

正(しょう)面(めん) • (shōmen) ←しやうめん (syaumen)?

  1. [from early 1200s] front, façade (as of a building)
  2. [from 1484] direct front side of something
    正面(しょうめん)カメラ
    shōmen kamera
    camera positioned to capture from directly in front of a subject
    正面(しょうめん)から見(み)る
    shōmen kara miru
    look from directly in front
  3. [from 1903] straightforwardness, directness (especially in dealing with something)
    Synonym: 真面 (matomo, “honesty, directness, straightforwardness”)
  4. [from 1430] (Noh, theater) the front of the main stage
  5. [from 1803] (sumo) the north side of the 土俵場 (dohyōba, “the raised square wrestling ring”)
    Antonym: 裏正面 (ura-jōmen, “the south side of the 土俵場 (dohyōba, “the raised square wrestling ring”)”)
  6. [late 1700s – ???] (historical) in the Shinagawa area of Edo, the front area of a brothel where prostitutes would show off and attract customers
    Synonym: 張り見世 (harimise)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
正 面
まとも
Grade: 1 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Alternative spelling of 真面 (matomo), swapping out the broadly synonymous kanji 真 for 正.

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 正面 – see the following entry.
【真面まとも】
[adjective] [from at least 1803] direct, straight, frontwards
[adjective] [from 1814] honest, proper, upright, correct, appropriate
Alternative spelling
真とも
(This term, 正面, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
正面

Noun

正面 • (jeongmyeon) (hangeul 정면)

  1. Hanja form? of 정면 (“front, façade”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
正面

Adjective

正面

  1. chữ Hán form of chính diện.
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