"真面目" meaning in Chinese

See 真面目 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /t͡sin³³ bin⁴¹⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung] Forms: 眞面目 [Traditional-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 真面目
  1. (idiomatic, often derogatory) true features; true identity; true colors Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, often Derived forms: 不識廬山真面目 (bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù), 不识庐山真面目 (bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù)
    Sense id: en-真面目-zh-noun-2DgwibxG Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 0 5 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 1
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "眞面目",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "真面目",
      "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 0 5 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù",
          "word": "不識廬山真面目"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù",
          "word": "不识庐山真面目"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "true features; true identity; true colors"
      ],
      "id": "en-真面目-zh-noun-2DgwibxG",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ],
        [
          "true colors",
          "true colors"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, often derogatory) true features; true identity; true colors"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "idiomatic",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnmiànmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-bīn-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnmiànmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhenmiànmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chên¹-mien⁴-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jēn-myàn-mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenmiannmuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnʹmjanʹmu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэньмяньму"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jān mihn muhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzan¹ min⁶ muk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zen¹ min⁶ mug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐn⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-bīn-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin-bīn-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cinbixnbok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin³³ bin⁴¹⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "真面目"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù",
      "word": "不識廬山真面目"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùshí Lúshān zhēnmiànmù",
      "word": "不识庐山真面目"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "眞面目",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "真面目",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese derogatory terms",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 目",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 真",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 面",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "true features; true identity; true colors"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "identity",
          "identity"
        ],
        [
          "true colors",
          "true colors"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, often derogatory) true features; true identity; true colors"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "idiomatic",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnmiànmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-bīn-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhēnmiànmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓㄣ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhenmiànmù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chên¹-mien⁴-mu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jēn-myàn-mù"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jenmiannmuh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čžɛnʹmjanʹmu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжэньмяньму"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zan¹ min⁶ muk⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jān mihn muhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzan¹ min⁶ muk⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zen¹ min⁶ mug⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɐn⁵⁵ miːn²² mʊk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chin-bīn-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin-bīn-bo̍k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cinbixnbok"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin³³ bin⁴¹⁻²² bɔk̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻²² bin²²⁻²¹ bɔk̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻¹¹ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sin⁴⁴⁻³³ bin³³⁻²¹ bɔk̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "真面目"
}

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