對面

See also: 对面

Chinese

		couple; pair; to be opposite couple; pair; to be opposite; to oppose; to face; for; to; correct (answer); to answer; to reply; to direct (towards something); right	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (對面)		對	面
simp. (对面)		对	面
anagram		面對／面对

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duìmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ min⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tui-mien
• Eastern Min (BUC): dó̤i-méng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tùi-bīn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dui³ ming⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵te-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèimiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-mien⁴
    • Yale: dwèi-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueymiann
    • Palladius: дуймянь (dujmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ min⁶
    • Yale: deui mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ miːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tui-mien
    • Hakka Romanization System: dui mien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dui⁴ mian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tu̯i⁵⁵ mi̯en⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤i-méng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tøy²¹³⁻⁵³ mɛiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tùi-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: tuì-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: duie'bin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tui²¹⁻⁵³ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tui¹¹⁻⁵³ bin³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tui²¹⁻⁴¹ bin³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dui³ ming⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tùi mīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵te-mi
    • MiniDict: te^去 mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²te-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /te³³ mi⁴⁴/

Adjective

對面

1. opposite

   對面街／对面街 [Cantonese]  ―  deoi³ min⁶ gaai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  across the street

2. face-to-face

Synonyms

• (Wu) 對過／对过 (duìguò), 對面前／对面前

Derived terms

• 對面前 / 对面前
• 斜對面 / 斜对面 (xiéduìmiàn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (對面):

• → Japanese: 対面(たいめん) (taimen)
• → Korean: 대면(對面) (daemyeon)
• → Vietnamese: đối diện (對面)

Proper noun

對面

1. (～村) Duimian (a village in Sanhe, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Further reading

• “對面”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
對	面

Noun

對面

1. chữ Hán form of đối diện (“opposite, face-to-face”).