水面

Chinese

water; river
 
face; side; surface
face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad.
(水面)
anagram 面水

Pronunciation


Noun

水面

  1. surface of the water
    低垂水面 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Liǔ zhī dīchuí zài shuǐmiàn shang. [Pinyin]
    The branches of the willows drooped over the water.
    水面 [Cantonese]   fau4 hai2 seoi2 min6-2 [Jyutping]   float on water
  2. area of a body of water

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1
めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

(sui, water) + (men, surface) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いめん [sùíméń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝimẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(すい)(めん) • (suimen) 

  1. surface of the water
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

(mi, water) + (na, of) + (mo, surface)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) なも [mìnámó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [mʲina̠mo̞]

Noun

水面(みなも) • (minamo) 

  1. surface of the water
    • 2006 August 10, Kozue Amano, “Navigation(ナビゲーション)41(よんいち) パリーナ”, in ARIA(アリア) (ARIA(アリア)), volume 9 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 10:
      これはパリーナ ネオ・ヴェネツィアの(みな)()()(すう)()っている(ぼう) (ゴンドラ)(つな)ぐために (ひと)(やく)()っている(すぐ)れモノです
      Kore wa parīna Neo Venetsia no minamo ni musū ni tatteiru bō Gondora o tsunagu tame ni Hitoyaku katteiru sugure mono desu
      These are palinas. There are countless poles like these across the waters of New Venice. They’re used as tying spots for gondolas. And they play their role perfectly.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

(mi, water) + (no, of) + (mo, surface)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のも [mìnómó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [mʲino̞mo̞]

Noun

水面(みのも) • (minomo) 

  1. surface of the water

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

水面 • (sumyeon) (hangeul 수면)

  1. Hanja form? of 수면 (surface of the water).
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