面首

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (面首)		面	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miànshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miànshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannshoou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: miànshǒu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ sau²
  - Yale: mihn sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

面首

(literary) face
(literary) appearance; looks
(literary) handsome man
(literary) handsome male companion to a noblewoman; gigolo
(literary) mistress; paramour

Verb

面首

(literary) to give oneself up to somebody's face

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