"面紗" meaning in Chinese

See 面紗 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /miːn²² saː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /mi̯en⁵⁵ sa²⁴/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /bin³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Kaohsiung], /bin²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA], /bin³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, IPA, Taipei], /miŋ¹¹ se³³/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 面纱 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 面紗
  1. thin veil
    Sense id: en-面紗-zh-noun--0afN5Ng Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 64 36
  2. (figurative) something that hides or obscures the reality; veil Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-面紗-zh-noun-O9ZUFVwB Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "langcode": "zh",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "veil",
          "veil"
        ]
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    },
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          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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            [
              23,
              30
            ]
          ],
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            [
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              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to lift the mysterious veil of ...",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "jiēkāi...... de shénmì miànshā",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "揭開……的神秘面紗",
          "translation": "to lift the mysterious veil of ...",
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        },
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              27
            ]
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          ],
          "roman": "jiēkāi...... de shénmì miànshā",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "揭开……的神秘面纱",
          "translation": "to lift the mysterious veil of ...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something that hides or obscures the reality; veil"
      ],
      "id": "en-面紗-zh-noun-O9ZUFVwB",
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "reality",
          "reality"
        ],
        [
          "veil",
          "veil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) something that hides or obscures the reality; veil"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miànshā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ saa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien-sâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīn-se"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁷ sê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miànshā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miànsha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien⁴-sha¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "myàn-shā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miannsha"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mjanʹša",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мяньша"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ saa¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mihn sā"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ saa¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ sa¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn²² saː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien-sâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien^(saˊ)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mian⁴ sa¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯en⁵⁵ sa²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīn-se"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīn-se"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bixnsef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁷ sê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mīng se"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ¹¹ se³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "面紗"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "miànshā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ saa¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien-sâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīn-se"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁷ sê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miànshā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄚ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miànsha"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien⁴-sha¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "myàn-shā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "miannsha"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mjanʹša",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мяньша"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂä⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ saa¹"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mihn sā"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ saa¹"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "min⁶ sa¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miːn²² saː⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien-sâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mien^(saˊ)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mian⁴ sa¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mi̯en⁵⁵ sa²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīn-se"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bīn-se"
    },
    {
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        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bixnsef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin³³⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²²⁻²¹ se⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin³³⁻¹¹ se⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ming⁷ sê¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mīng se"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ¹¹ se³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "面紗"
}

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