假面

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (假面)		假	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-mien⁴
    • Yale: jyǎ-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeamiann
    • Palladius: цзямянь (czjamjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa² min⁶
    • Yale: gá mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga² min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ miːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: kaeX mjienH

Rime
Character	假	面
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	古疋切	彌箭切
Baxter	kaeX	mjienH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaX/	/miᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaX/	/miɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/kaX/	/mjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨX/	/mianH/
Li Rong	/kaX/	/miɛnH/
Wang Li	/kaX/	/mĭɛnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kaX/	/mi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ	miàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa2	min6

Noun

假面

1. mask
2. facade; false front

Synonyms

• 假面具 (jiǎmiànjù)

Derived terms

• 假面劇／假面剧 (jiǎmiànjù)
• 假面舞會／假面舞会 (jiǎmiàn wǔhuì)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (假面):

• → Japanese: 仮(か)面(めん) (kamen)
• → Korean: 가면(假面) (gamyeon)
• → Vietnamese: giả diện (假面)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
假	面
か Hyōgai	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

假(か)面(めん) • (kamen) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 仮面: mask

Korean

Hanja in this term
假	面

Noun

假面 • (ga-myeon) (hangeul 가면)

1. hanja form^? of 가면 (“mask”)