知人知面不知心

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	man; person; people	to know; to be aware	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	not; no	to know; to be aware	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (知人知面不知心)		知	人	知	面	不	知	心
Literally: “know the person, know the face, but not know the heart”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhīrénzhīmiànbùzhīxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹
Min Nan (POJ): ti-jîn ti-biān put-ti-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhīrénzhīmiànbùzhīxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄖㄣˊ ㄓㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄒㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyrenjymiannbujyshin
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhihrénjhihmiànbùjhihsin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹
  - Yale: jī yàhn jī mihn bāt jī sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ jan⁴ dzi¹ min⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ yen⁴ ji¹ min⁶ bed¹ ji¹ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-jîn ti-biān put-ti-sim
  - Tâi-lô: ti-jîn ti-biān put-ti-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dijiin di'bien putdisym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴⁻²² biɛn²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻²² ti³³ biɛn⁴¹⁻²² put̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti³³ ɕim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴⁻²² biɛn²²⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁵ ti⁴⁴⁻²² ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡ʑin²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛn³³⁻¹¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑin²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ biɛn³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ ɕim⁴⁴/

Proverb

知人知面不知心

One may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature.

Synonyms

人心隔肚皮 (rénxīn gé dùpí)

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