面口

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (面口)		面	口
anagram		口面

Pronunciation

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): min⁶ hau²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): men⁵ heu²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ hau²
  - Yale: mihn háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² hɐu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: men⁵ heu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐben³² heu⁵⁵/

Noun

面口

(Cantonese) facial appearance; face
- 我昨日見你嘅朋友、佢靣口幾好嚹。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  我昨日见你嘅朋友、佢面口几好嚹。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1888, T. L. Stedman and K. P. Lee, A Chinese and English phrase book in the Canton dialect, page 7
  ngo⁵ zok³ jat⁶ gin³ nei⁵ ge³ pang⁴ jau⁵, keoi⁵ min⁶ hau² gei² hou² laa³. [Jyutping]
  I saw your friend yesterday; he was looking very well.

Derived terms

熟面口
生面口

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