面談

See also: 面谈

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	to speak; to talk; to converse to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss; surname
trad. (面談)		面	談
simp. (面谈)		面	谈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miàntán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ taam⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mien-thàm

  (Hailu, HRS): mien^ˇ tam

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biān-tâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miàntán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miàntán
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-tʻan²
    • Yale: myàn-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianntarn
    • Palladius: мяньтань (mjanʹtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ taam⁴
    • Yale: mihn tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² tʰaːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-thàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien tam^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ tʰam¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mien^ˇ tam
    • Sinological IPA: /mien¹¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-tâm
    • Tâi-lô: biān-tâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biexndaam
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn³³⁻²¹ tam²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /biɛn³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mjienH dam

Rime
Character	面	談
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	談 (143)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	彌箭切	徒甘切
Baxter	mjienH	dam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇnH/	/dɑm/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛnH/	/dɑm/
Shao Rongfen	/mjænH/	/dɑm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mianH/	/dam/
Li Rong	/miɛnH/	/dɑm/
Wang Li	/mĭɛnH/	/dɑm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛnH/	/dʱɑm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	miàn	tán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min6	taam4

Verb

面談

1. to talk to someone face-to-face; to have a face-to-face meeting; to conduct an interview

Noun

面談

1. face-to-face meeting; interview

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (面談):

• → Japanese: 面談(めんだん) (mendan)
• → Korean: 면담(面談) (myeondam)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
面	談
めん Grade: 3	だん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ndã̠ɴ]
• (Tokyo) めんだん [mèńdáń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

面(めん)談(だん) • (mendan) 

1. interview

Verb

面(めん)談(だん)する • (mendan suru) intransitive suru (stem 面(めん)談(だん)し (mendan shi), past 面(めん)談(だん)した (mendan shita))

1. have an interview, talk over (discuss)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "面談する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	面談し	めんだんし	mendan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	面談し	めんだんし	mendan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	面談する	めんだんする	mendan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	面談する	めんだんする	mendan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	面談すれ	めんだんすれ	mendan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	面談せよ¹ 面談しろ²	めんだんせよ¹ めんだんしろ²	mendan seyo¹ mendan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	面談される	めんだんされる	mendan sareru
Causative	面談させる 面談さす	めんだんさせる めんだんさす	mendan saseru mendan sasu
Potential	面談できる	めんだんできる	mendan dekiru
Volitional	面談しよう	めんだんしよう	mendan shiyō
Negative	面談しない	めんだんしない	mendan shinai
Negative continuative	面談せず	めんだんせず	mendan sezu
Formal	面談します	めんだんします	mendan shimasu
Perfective	面談した	めんだんした	mendan shita
Conjunctive	面談して	めんだんして	mendan shite
Hypothetical conditional	面談すれば	めんだんすれば	mendan sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “面談”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
面	談

Noun

面談 • (myeondam) (hangeul 면담)

1. hanja form^? of 면담