聞名不如見面

See also: 闻名不如见面

Chinese

		to be famous; to be well-known; to be renowned to be famous; to be well-known; to be renowned; to be eminent; to know someone by repute	to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as to be not like; to be not equal to; to be not as good as; cannot compare to; to be inferior to	to meet; to see; at first to meet; to see; at first; in the beginning; initially
trad. (聞名不如見面)		聞名	不如	見面
simp. (闻名不如见面)		闻名	不如	见面

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ ming⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ gin³ min⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wénmíng bùrú jiànmiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúnmíng bùrú jiànmiàn
  - Wade–Giles: wên²-ming² pu⁴-ju² chien⁴-mien⁴
  - Yale: wén-míng bù-rú jyàn-myàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenming buru jiannmiann
  - Palladius: вэньмин бужу цзяньмянь (vɛnʹmin bužu czjanʹmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ miŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ ming⁴ bat¹ jyu⁴ gin³ min⁶
  - Yale: màhn mìhng bāt yùh gin mihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ ming⁴ bat⁷ jy⁴ gin³ min⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ ming⁴ bed¹ yu⁴ gin³ min⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ mɪŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²¹ kiːn³³ miːn²²/

Proverb

聞名不如見面

to know someone by reputation is not as good as meeting face to face