Chinese

局面

/t͡ɕy³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

aspect; phase; situation; scenario

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characterChinese局 “bent; crooked”
- meaningChinese尸 “a living person who represents the dead person during a rite”
- soundChinese句 “sentence; phrase”
  - meaningChinese丩 “to connect or graft a vine”
  - soundChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
characterChinese面 “face (Classifier: 塊／块 c)”
- simplified fromChinese麵 “flour”
  - meaningChinese麥 “general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.”
    - soundChinese來 “to come; to arrive”
    - meaningChinese夊 “of going, slow”