"face" meaning in Chinese

See face in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fei̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fei̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: fei¹ si² [Cantonese, Jyutping], fēi sí [Cantonese, Yale], fei¹ si² [Cantonese, Pinyin], féi¹ xi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 飛士 [alternative], 飞士 [alternative], 飛屎 [alternative], 飞屎 [alternative]
Etymology: From English face. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|face}} English face Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} face
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) face (reputation; dignity) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English face.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "飛士",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "face (reputation; dignity)"
      ],
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) face (reputation; dignity)"
      ],
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fēi sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "féi¹ xi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fei̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fei̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "face"
}
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English face.",
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    },
    {
      "form": "飞士",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "飛屎",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "飞屎",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "face (reputation; dignity)"
      ],
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        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) face (reputation; dignity)"
      ],
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        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fēi sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fei¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fei̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "face"
}

Download raw JSONL data for face meaning in Chinese (1.4kB)

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}

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