"知人知面不知心" meaning in 漢語

See 知人知面不知心 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ bi̯ɛn³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Taiwanese, general, IPA, Kaohsiung]
  1. 僅看到人的表面，無法洞察其內心
    Sense id: zh-知人知面不知心-zh-phrase-pRgHUWTX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 人心隔肚皮, 知人口面不知心, 知人知面勿知心 [Wu]
Categories (other): 官話詞元, 官話諺語, 帶「不」的漢語詞, 帶「人」的漢語詞, 帶「心」的漢語詞, 帶「知」的漢語詞, 帶「面」的漢語詞, 有1個詞條的頁面, 有國際音標的漢語詞, 有詞條的頁面, 泉漳話詞元, 泉漳話諺語, 漢語俗語, 漢語詞元, 漢語諺語, 粵語詞元, 粵語諺語
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「人」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「心」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「知」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「面」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "泉漳話諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語諺語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "認識一個人，知道他的面容，但不了解他的內心",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "僅看到人的表面，無法洞察其內心"
      ],
      "id": "zh-知人知面不知心-zh-phrase-pRgHUWTX"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhih rén jhih miàn bù jhih sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chih¹ jên² chih¹ mien⁴ pu⁴ chih¹ hsin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jr̄ rén jr̄ myàn bù jr̄ syīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy ren jy miann bu jy shin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čži žɛnʹ čži mjanʹ bu čži sinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжи жэнь чжи мянь бу чжи синь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī yàhn jī mihn bāt jī sām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi¹ jan⁴ dzi¹ min⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji¹ yen⁴ ji¹ min⁶ bed¹ ji¹ sem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dy jiin dy bien pud dy sym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ bi̯ɛn³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "人心隔肚皮"
    },
    {
      "word": "知人口面不知心"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "知人知面勿知心"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "知人知面不知心"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "官話詞元",
    "官話諺語",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「人」的漢語詞",
    "帶「心」的漢語詞",
    "帶「知」的漢語詞",
    "帶「面」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "泉漳話詞元",
    "泉漳話諺語",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "漢語諺語",
    "粵語詞元",
    "粵語諺語"
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "認識一個人，知道他的面容，但不了解他的內心",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "僅看到人的表面，無法洞察其內心"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jhih rén jhih miàn bù jhih sin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chih¹ jên² chih¹ mien⁴ pu⁴ chih¹ hsin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jr̄ rén jr̄ myàn bù jr̄ syīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jy ren jy miann bu jy shin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čži žɛnʹ čži mjanʹ bu čži sinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжи жэнь чжи мянь бу чжи синь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zi¹ jan⁴ zi¹ min⁶ bat¹ zi¹ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jī yàhn jī mihn bāt jī sām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzi¹ jan⁴ dzi¹ min⁶ bat⁷ dzi¹ sam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji¹ yen⁴ ji¹ min⁶ bed¹ ji¹ sem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Tâi-lô"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ti jîn ti biān put ti sim"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dy jiin dy bien pud dy sym"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ zin²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ bi̯ɛn³³⁻²¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ ti⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Taiwanese",
        "general",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "人心隔肚皮"
    },
    {
      "word": "知人口面不知心"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "知人知面勿知心"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "知人知面不知心"
}

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