瓜子口面
Chinese
| melon seed | facial expression; appearance of one's face; countenance | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (瓜子口面) | 瓜子 | 口面 | |
| simp. #(瓜子口面) | 瓜子 | 口面 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaa1 zi2 hau2 min6
- Yale: gwā jí háu mihn
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa1 dzi2 hau2 min6
- Guangdong Romanization: gua1 ji2 heo2 min6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ miːn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
瓜子口面
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 瓜子臉 (“oval-shaped face with a pointy chin”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓜子臉 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 瓜子兒臉, 瓜子兒臉兒 |
| Taiwan | 瓜子臉 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 瓜子臉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瓜子口面 |
| Hong Kong | 瓜子口面 | |
| Dongguan | 瓜子面 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 瓜子臉 |
| Lichuan | 瓜子臉 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 瓜子面 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 瓜子面 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 瓜子面, 雞卵面 |
| Quanzhou | 雞卵面 | |
| Tainan | 瓜子面, 雞卵面 | |
| Shantou | 瓜子面 | |
| Haikou | 瓜子面 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴨蛋面, 鵝蛋面, 瓜子面 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 瓜子臉, 鵝蛋臉 |
| Suzhou | 瓜子臉 | |
| Hangzhou | 瓜子臉 | |
| Ningbo | 瓜子臉 | |
| Jinhua | 瓜子面 | |