洗面

洗面

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (洗面)		洗	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sé-mien
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sóe-bīn / sé-bīn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): soi² ming⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiimiann
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² min⁶
    • Yale: sái mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² min⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sé-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: se` mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: se³ mian⁴
    • IPA: /se³¹ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: sué-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soefbin
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: sé-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefbin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: soi² ming⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sói mīng
    • IPA ^(key): /soi⁵²⁻³⁵ miŋ¹¹/

Adjective

洗面

1. (attributive) facial cleansing

Derived terms

洗面乳 洗面奶 (xǐmiànnǎi) 洗面皂

洗面霜 洗面露

Verb

洗面

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) to wash one's face
2. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to make somebody lose face; to mock

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 洗臉 (“to wash one's face”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		洗臉
Mandarin	Beijing	洗臉
	Taiwan	洗臉
	Jinan	洗臉
	Xi'an	洗臉
	Wuhan	洗臉, 抹臉
	Chengdu	洗臉
	Yangzhou	洗臉
	Hefei	洗臉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	洗面
	Hong Kong	洗面
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	抹面, 洗面
	Taishan	洗面
Gan	Nanchang	洗臉
Hakka	Meixian	洗面
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	洗面
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	洗面
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	洗面
	Dongshi (Dabu)	洗面
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	洗面
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	洗面
	Hong Kong	洗面
Jin	Taiyuan	洗臉
Min Bei	Jian'ou	洗面
Min Dong	Fuzhou	洗面
Min Nan	Xiamen	洗面
	Quanzhou	洗面
	Zhangzhou	洗面
	Taipei	洗面
	Kaohsiung	洗面
	Tainan	洗面
	Taichung	洗面
	Wuqi	洗面
	Hsinchu	洗面
	Taitung	洗面
	Lukang	洗面
	Yilan	洗面
	Magong	洗面
	Penang	洗面
	Philippines (Manila)	洗面
	Chaozhou	洗面
Wu	Suzhou	揩面, 搫面
	Wenzhou	洗面
Xiang	Changsha	洗臉
	Shuangfeng	洗面

Derived terms

以淚洗面／以泪洗面 洗面革心

眼淚洗面／眼泪洗面