<p>"Face up" in Chinese is <code>面朝上</code>.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BNZ6H.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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<p>An example sentence:</p>

<p>Place your card face up on the table, please. </p>

<p>请把你的牌<code>面朝上</code>摊在桌子上。 </p>

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<p>面向上 is also OK. </p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EHce0.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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<p>From the Japanese alternatives, perhaps the first one would be more intelligible in Chinese, but with 上 at the end of the expression. </p>

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2015-06-24T20:46:43.320Z
In addition to this answer, I want to point out 送信 in this context is not intelligible in Chinese (送信 in Chinese has only one meaning, it's a V-O phrase for 'sending/delivering a mail'), so 原稿面向上 is the only possible one that was meant to be Chinese.
NS.X.
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2015-06-24T20:55:20.900Z
Sure. 送信 is out of context here, but 面上向 would still make a Chinese speaker get the gist of this inscription.
imrek
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imrek
<p>I think you are correct. In Chinese, we normally use 正面向上. 正面 refers to the side with useful content. </p>

<p>原稿面 and 送信面 are both 正面.</p>

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<p>We are trying to solve <a href="https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25215/3437">a minor mystery over at Japanese.SE</a>: I found a multifunction printer/scanner/copier/faxer that had the following instruction label on it.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8mCprm.jpg" alt="instructions on a multifunction printer/scanner/copier/faxer device"></p>

<p>Curiously, the last two lines are <em>both</em> in Japanese. The first one, 原稿面上向き <em>genkou-men ue-muki</em>, means something like "document face-up"; and the second one, 送信面上向き <em>soushin-men ue-muki</em>, means something like "the side you want to send face-up". </p>

<p><a href="https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25215/#comment54625_25215">User Earthliŋ's suspicion</a> is that one of these lines was supposed to be in Chinese, <a href="https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25215/#comment54680_25215">perhaps as 原稿面向上</a>. From the perspective of the device manufacturer, that certainly seems reasonable. </p>

<p>On a linguistic basis, though, does that seem plausible? Does either of the two Japanese lines resemble what a Chinese device would use to indicate "face up"? </p>

<p>(Note: my knowledge of Chinese is virtually nil.)</p>

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2015-06-24T21:06:41.367Z
"On a linguistic basis, though, does that seem plausible? Does either of the two Japanese lines resemble what a Chinese device would use to indicate "face up"?": Maybe not _would use_ but _could use_, since obviously not too much attention has gone into the translation, so it's a bit of a stretch to assume the Chinese translation would be natural.
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How would one write "face up" (e.g. as an instruction on a copier)?
# How would one write "face up" (e.g. as an instruction on a copier)?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-24)

We are trying to solve [a minor mystery over at Japanese.SE](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25215/3437): I found a multifunction printer/scanner/copier/faxer that had the following instruction label on it.

![instructions on a multifunction printer/scanner/copier/faxer device](https://i.sstatic.net/8mCprm.jpg)

Curiously, the last two lines are *both* in Japanese. The first one, 原稿面上向き *genkou-men ue-muki*, means something like "document face-up"; and the second one, 送信面上向き *soushin-men ue-muki*, means something like "the side you want to send face-up".

[User username_1's suspicion](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25215/#comment54625_25215) is that one of these lines was supposed to be in Chinese, [perhaps as 原稿面向上](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/25215/#comment54680_25215). From the perspective of the device manufacturer, that certainly seems reasonable.

On a linguistic basis, though, does that seem plausible? Does either of the two Japanese lines resemble what a Chinese device would use to indicate "face up"?

(Note: my knowledge of Chinese is virtually nil.)

**Tags:** translation, technology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "On a linguistic basis, though, does that seem plausible? Does either of the two Japanese lines resemble what a Chinese device would use to indicate "face up"?": Maybe not _would use_ but _could use_, since obviously not too much attention has gone into the translation, so it's a bit of a stretch to assume the Chinese translation would be natural.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-06-24. Score: 4

"Face up" in Chinese is `面朝上`.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BNZ6H.jpg)

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An example sentence:

Place your card face up on the table, please.

请把你的牌`面朝上`摊在桌子上。

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面向上 is also OK.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/EHce0.jpg)

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From the Japanese alternatives, perhaps the first one would be more intelligible in Chinese, but with 上 at the end of the expression.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: In addition to this answer, I want to point out 送信 in this context is not intelligible in Chinese (送信 in Chinese has only one meaning, it's a V-O phrase for 'sending/delivering a mail'), so 原稿面向上 is the only possible one that was meant to be Chinese.  
> **username_2**: Sure. 送信 is out of context here, but 面上向 would still make a Chinese speaker get the gist of this inscription.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-06-26. Score: 2

I think you are correct. In Chinese, we normally use 正面向上. 正面 refers to the side with useful content.

原稿面 and 送信面 are both 正面.


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