粵

面min6口hau2

min6 hau2miàn kǒu

English

  1. facial expression (spoken)
  2. face
  3. facial expression

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 見過嘅人嘅面孔
  2. 表情;面色

Examples

  • 生面口

    (of people) new; strange; unfamiliar

  • 熟面口

    (of people's faces) familiar, said of someone when one recognises them but can't immediately recall who they are

  • 佢好唔中意我,見親我佢都唔好面口。

    She really doesn't like me and grimaces at me every time we meet.

  • 我去海聯廣場飲茶,啲朋友已經越來越少喇。搬走又有,返上大陸住又有,茶客換曬面口,香港唔似舊時咁。

    I go to the Union Plaza for dim sum, but there are fewer and fewer of my friends: Some have moved away, and some have settled in China. The faces have all changed—Hong Kong is no longer like before. ----

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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