馬面

Chinese

		horse; surname	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
trad. (馬面)		馬	面
simp. (马面)		马	面
anagram		面馬／面马

Etymology 1

Possibly a calque of Sanskrit अश्वशीर्ष (aśvaśīrṣa). Compare Japanese 馬頭 (Mezu, “Horse-Head”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ min⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bé-bīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎmiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎmiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-mien⁴
    • Yale: Mǎ-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maamiann
    • Palladius: Мамянь (Mamjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ min⁶
    • Yale: máh mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ miːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bé-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: Bé-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befbin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/

Proper noun

馬面

1. (Chinese mythology) Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of hell

See also

• 牛頭馬面／牛头马面 (niútóumǎmiàn)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bé-bīn / bée-bīn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bé-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: bé-bīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: befbin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /be⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bée-bīn
    • Tâi-lô: bée-bīn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²²/

Noun

馬面

1. (Hokkien) someone with a long face (like that of a horse)
2. (Mainland China Hokkien) ugly look

Synonyms

• (ugly look): 醜相／丑相 (chǒuxiàng)