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Chinese
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south
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face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top |
simp. and trad.
(南面)
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南
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面
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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南
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面
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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nán
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miàn
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nom ›
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‹ mjienH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nˁm/
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/*C.me-s/
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| English
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south
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face
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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南
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面
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9355
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9098
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Phonetic
component
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南
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面
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Rime
group
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侵
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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南
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面
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Old
Chinese
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/*nuːm/
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/*mens/
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Noun
南面
- the south side
Usage notes
Since ancient times, the person of importance was expected to sit on the north side of a room facing south.
Synonyms
- 南邊／南边 (nánbiān)
- 南方 (nánfāng)
- (Cantonese) 南便
- (Hakka) 南片
- (Hokkien, Teochew) 南爿
Coordinate terms
- 東面／东面 (dōngmiàn)
- 西面 (xīmiàn)
- 北面 (běimiàn)
Verb
南面
- (literary) to be the monarch
- (literary) to be a government official