聞名不如見面

聞名不如見面

See also: 闻名不如见面

Chinese

		to be famous; to be well-known; to be renowned to be famous; to be well-known; to be renowned; to be eminent; to know someone by repute	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to meet; to see
trad. (聞名不如見面)		聞名	不如	見面
simp. (闻名不如见面)		闻名	不如	见面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ming⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ gin³ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenming buru jiannmiann
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ ming⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ gin³ min⁶
    • Yale: màhn mìhng bāt yùh gin mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ming⁴ bat⁷ jy⁴ gin³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ming⁴ bed¹ yu⁴ gin³ min⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ kiːn³³ miːn²²/

Proverb

聞名不如見面

1. to know someone by reputation is not as good as meeting face to face