面桶

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	pail; bucket; bin pail; bucket; bin; barrel
simp. and trad. (面桶)		面	桶

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): méng-tūng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bīn-tháng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁷ tang²

• Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ²mie₆-don₆

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: méng-tūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(tʰ-)nuŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-tháng
    • Tâi-lô: bīn-tháng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixntarng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²²⁻²¹ tʰaŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ tʰaŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ tʰaŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ tʰaŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁷ tang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mēng tháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ¹¹ tʰaŋ⁵²/

Note: Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²mie₆-don₆
    • MiniDict: mie^去 don^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mɪ²² doŋ³³/

Noun

面桶

1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Wu) washbowl; washbasin (Classifier: 個／个 mn)
2. (Philippine Hokkien) million

   兩面桶／两面桶 [Philippine Hokkien]  ―  nňg bīn-tháng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  two million

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臉盆 (“washbowl; washbasin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臉盆, 洗臉盆
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	臉盆兒, 臉盆子, 洗臉盆兒
	Singapore	洗臉盆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	臉盆, 臉盆兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	銅盆子, 臉盆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	洗臉盆兒
	Wanrong	臉盆, 銅盆 made of copper
	Xi'an	臉盆子
	Xining	臉盆, 洗臉盆
	Xuzhou	臉盆兒, 臉盆, 臉盆子, 洗臉盆, 洗臉盆兒, 洗臉盆子, 銅盆 made of copper
	Pizhou	洗臉盆子
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	臉盆, 洗臉盆
	Donghai	銅盆, 洗臉盆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	臉盆
	Ürümqi	臉盆子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	臉盆, 洗臉盆子
	Wuhan	臉盆, 洗臉盆
	Guiyang	臉盆
	Guilin	臉盆
	Liuzhou	臉盆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	臉盆, 臉盆兒
	Yangzhou	臉盆
	Baoying	臉盆
	Taizhou	臉盆兒, 銅盆
	Zhenjiang	臉盆
	Lianyungang	臉盆
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	臉盆子
	Xuyi	臉盆
	Nantong	銅盆, 洗臉盆
	Rugao	臉盆兒
	Yancheng	面盆, 銅盆
	Funing	洗臉盆子
	Sihong	洗臉盆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	面盆
	Hong Kong	面盆
	Dongguan	面盆
Gan	Nanchang	面盆, 臉盆
	Lichuan	面盆
	Pingxiang	面盆
Hakka	Meixian	面盆
	Yudu	面盆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	面盆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	面盆
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	面盆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	面盆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	面盆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	面盆
Huizhou	Jixi	面盆, 銅盆 made of copper or enamel
Jin	Taiyuan	洗臉盆
	Xinzhou	洗臉盆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	面盆, 銅盆 made of copper
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	面桶 made of wood
Southern Min	Xiamen	面桶, 面盆
	Quanzhou	面桶, 面盆
	Zhangzhou	面桶, 面盆
	Taipei	面桶
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	面桶
	Kaohsiung	面桶
	Yilan	面桶仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	面桶
	Taichung	面桶
	Tainan	面桶
	Hsinchu	面桶
	Kinmen	面桶
	Penghu (Magong)	面桶
	Manila (Hokkien)	面桶, 面盆
	Longyan	面盆
	Shantou	面盆
	Jieyang	面盆, 面桶
	Leizhou	面盆
	Haikou	面盆, 面桶 made of wood
Puxian Min	Putian	面桶
	Xianyou	面桶
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	臉盆
Wu	Shanghai	面盆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	面盆, 面鑼 made of copper, old-style, 洋面鑼 made of enamel, 銅面鑼 made of copper
	Suzhou	面盆, 面桶
	Wuxi	面盆
	Changshu	面盆
	Nantong (Haimen)	面鑼
	Changzhou	面盆
	Danyang	面盆
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	臉盆
	Hangzhou	臉盆
	Ningbo	面桶, 面盆
	Zhoushan	面桶, 面盆
	Wenzhou	面盂, 洋面盂 made of enamel
	Jinhua	面盆, 面桶 made of wood, 銅面盆 made of copper, 洋面盆 new-style, 洋面桶 new-style
Xiang	Changsha	臉盆
	Loudi	面盆

• (million): 百萬／百万 (bǎiwàn); (Dungan) миллион (million); (Hokkien) 桶

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫 / 小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩 / 两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬 / 万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬 / 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億 / 亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億 / 万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫 / 大写)	零	壹	貳 / 贰	參 / 叁	肆	伍	陸 / 陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

In Min Nan numbers, the vernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while the literary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant 幺 for the numeral 一 in Mandarin.