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

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

(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

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

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

Synonyms

(ugly look): 醜相／丑相 (chǒuxiàng)