局面

局面

Chinese

		situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (局面)		局	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): júmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk⁶ min⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): kio̍k-bīn / kia̍k-bīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: júmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyumiann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk⁶ min⁶
    • Yale: guhk mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁹ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug⁶ min⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚² miːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: kio̍k-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiogbin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻²² bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² bin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kia̍k-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: kia̍k-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiagbin
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚²⁴⁻²² bin⁴¹/

Noun

局面

1. aspect; phase; situation; scenario

   雙贏局面 / 双赢局面  ―  shuāngyíng júmiàn  ―  win-win situation

   球賽一開始，他以一球打開局面。 [MSC, trad.]
   球赛一开始，他以一球打开局面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn. [Pinyin]

   He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.

2. scale; scope; extent
3. honour; glory; reputation

Synonyms

• (situation): 局勢／局势 (júshì), 情況／情况 (qíngkuàng), 情勢／情势 (qíngshì), 事態／事态 (shìtài)
• (scale): 地步 (dìbù), 規模／规模 (guīmó)
• (honour): 光榮／光荣 (guāngróng), 名譽／名誉 (míngyù)

Derived terms

新局面 (xīnjúmiàn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
局	面
きょく Grade: 3	めん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

局面 (hiragana きょくめん, rōmaji kyokumen)

1. the surface of the board
2. (board games) position: the configuration of pieces on the board and what this implies
3. (more generally) situation (the way things are and what will occur), aspect of an affair

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Korean

Hanja in this term
局	面

Noun

局面 • (gungmyeon) (hangeul 국면)

1. Hanja form^? of 국면 (“aspect; phase; situation”).