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面前

面前

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	before; in front; ago before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front
simp. and trad. (面前)		面	前
anagram		前面

Noun

面前

(Elementary Mandarin) in front of (one's face)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): miànqián

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ cin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-chhièn
Min Nan (POJ): bīn-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: miànqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannchyan
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: mihn chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ tsin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn²² t͡sʰiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-chhièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: mien qienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ qian²
  - IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯en¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnzeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/