丟面子

See also: 丢面子

Chinese

		to lose; to put aside; to throw	outer part; outside; face outer part; outside; face; reputation; face; self-respect
trad. (丟面子/丢面子)		丟/丢	面子
simp. (丢面子)		丢	面子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diū miànzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄡ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ min⁶ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diū miànzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄡ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diou miànzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tiu¹ mien⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: dyōu myàn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diou miann.tzy
    • Palladius: дю мяньцзы (dju mjanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ min⁶ zi²
    • Yale: dīu mihn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ min⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ min⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ miːn²² t͡siː³⁵/

Verb

丟⫽面子 (verb-object)

1. to lose face; to bring shame to oneself

Synonyms

• 丟人／丢人 (diūrén)
• 丟臉／丢脸 (diūliǎn)
• 丟醜／丢丑 (diūchǒu)
• 丟面／丢面
• 失格 (shīgé)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 丟臉 (“to lose face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		丟臉, 丟人, 丟面子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	丟份兒
	Taiwan	丟臉, 丟人現眼
	Harbin	丟人, 丟份兒, 丟份子, 現眼
	Singapore	丟臉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	丟人, 丟人現眼, 現眼
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	丟人, 丟人顯臉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	丟人, 丟臉, 丟人現眼
	Wanrong	丟人, 丟人現眼
	Xi'an	丟人
	Xining	丟人現眼的, 丟人敗壞的
	Xuzhou	現世, 現, 現眼, 現鼻子現眼, 現鼻子拉眼
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	丟人, 羞人, 丟醜
	Ürümqi	丟人, 丟臉, 丟醜, 丟面子, 丟人現眼, 丟人擺呆, 丟人敗姓, 現眼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	丟人, 丟臉, 丟皮子, 肇皮
	Wuhan	丟譏, 丟醜, 丟人, 丟臉, 折人, 坍臺, 丟人現眾, 掉底子
	Liuzhou	丟臉
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丟人, 丟臉
	Yangzhou	丟人, 現世
Cantonese	Guangzhou	丟架
	Hong Kong	丟架, 丟人現眼
	Singapore (Guangfu)	丟架
Gan	Nanchang	跌臉, 折面子, 現世
	Pingxiang	丟醜
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	失面子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	失面子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	失面子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	失面子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	失面子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	失面子
Huizhou	Jixi	現世
Jin	Taiyuan	丟人, 敗興, 現眼, 丟人現眼, 丟人敗興
	Xinzhou	丟人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	現世
Southern Min	Xiamen	落氣, 落臉, 獻世, 失氣
	Quanzhou	落氣, 落臉, 失氣, 失外氣
	Zhangzhou	落氣, 落臉, 現世, 失氣, 失外氣
	Tainan	落氣, 落臉, 失體面, 失氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	落氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Manila (Hokkien)	落氣
	Jieyang	瀉衰, 瀉世界, 瀉世瀉界, 瀉衰儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Batam (Teochew)	落氣, 瀉衰
	Haikou	敗色水
Wu	Shanghai	現世, 退招勢
	Suzhou	現世
	Danyang	現世
Xiang	Changsha	丟格, 失格, 折格, 射格, 扮式样