面前

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
simp. and trad. (面前)		面	前
anagram		前面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miànqián

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miànqián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannchyan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miàncián
  - IPA ^(key): /mjɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ cin⁴
  - Yale: mihn chìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ tsin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ qin⁴
  - 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: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chûiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-tsuînn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnzvuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡suĩ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnzeeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-chiân
  - Tâi-lô: biān-tsiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biexncieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡ɕiɛn²⁴/

Noun

面前

in front of one's face; in front
法律面前人人平等。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Fǎlǜ miànqián rénrén píngděng. [Pinyin]
All men are equal before the law.
the present time

Derived terms

真人面前不說假話／真人面前不说假话
閻羅王面前須沒放回的鬼／阎罗王面前须没放回的鬼

關公面前耍大刀／关公面前耍大刀 (Guāngōng miànqián shuǎ dàdāo)

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