"字面" meaning in Chinese

See 字面 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː²² miːn²²⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /sɨ⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /li²²⁻²¹ bin²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen, IPA], /li⁴¹⁻²² bin⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen, IPA], /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bin²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou, IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 字面
  1. literal meaning Derived forms: 字面量 (zìmiànliàng)
    Sense id: en-字面-zh-noun-iQV2SdOY Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "字面",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "zìmiànliàng",
          "word": "字面量"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "literal meaning",
          "roman": "zìmiàn shàng de yìsi",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "字面上的意思",
          "translation": "literal meaning",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "roman": "cóng zìmiànshàng kàn",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "從字面上看",
          "translation": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "roman": "cóng zìmiànshàng kàn",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "从字面上看",
          "translation": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "literal meaning"
      ],
      "id": "en-字面-zh-noun-iQV2SdOY",
      "links": [
        [
          "literal",
          "literal"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhmiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-mien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-myàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhmiann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czymjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзымянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jih mín"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² miːn²²⁻³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sii mien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁴ mian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lixbin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²²⁻²¹ bin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻²² bin⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jixbin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "字面"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "zìmiànliàng",
      "word": "字面量"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "字面",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 字",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 面",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hakka adjectives",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "literal meaning",
          "roman": "zìmiàn shàng de yìsi",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "字面上的意思",
          "translation": "literal meaning",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "roman": "cóng zìmiànshàng kàn",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "從字面上看",
          "translation": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              1,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              40
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "roman": "cóng zìmiànshàng kàn",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "从字面上看",
          "translation": "to take (a word or expression) literally",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "literal meaning"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "literal",
          "literal"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìmiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zìhmiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzŭ⁴-mien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dz̀-myàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tzyhmiann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czymjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзымянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jih mín"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji⁶ min⁶⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː²² miːn²²⁻³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sṳ-mien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sii mien"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "si⁴ mian⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɨ⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lixbin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li²²⁻²¹ bin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li⁴¹⁻²² bin⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī-bīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jixbin"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡zi²²⁻²¹ bin²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "字面"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 字面 meaning in Chinese (4.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-10-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-10-01 using wiktextract (c8bd62c and a979ada). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.