不要臉

See also: 不要脸

Chinese

		not; no	to care for or be concerned about saving one's face
trad. (不要臉)		不	要臉
simp. (不要脸)		不	要脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyàoliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jiu³ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùyàoliǎn [Phonetic: búyàoliǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùyàoliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-yao⁴-lien³
    • Yale: bù-yàu-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawlean
    • Palladius: буяолянь (bujaoljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jiu³ lim⁵
    • Yale: bāt yiu líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jiu³ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yiu³ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/

Verb

不要⫽臉 (verb-object)

1. to be shameless

   我不想和這種不要臉的女人講話。 [MSC, trad.]
   我不想和这种不要脸的女人讲话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bù xiǎng hé zhè zhǒng bùyàoliǎn de nǚrén jiǎnghuà. [Pinyin]

   I don't wish to speak to such a shameless woman.

   你真是不要臉！／你真是不要脸！  ―  Nǐ zhēn shì bùyàoliǎn!  ―  You really have no shame!

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 唔要面
• (Hokkien) 𣍐見笑／𫧃见笑, 𣍐見笑死／𫧃见笑死, 𣍐曉䆀／𫧃晓䆀
• (Teochew) 莫面, 三個錢粿修／三个钱粿修
• (Wu) 勿要廉恥／勿要廉耻, 勿要面孔

Derived terms

• 樹不要皮必死無疑，人不要臉天下無敵／树不要皮必死无疑，人不要脸天下无敌 (shù bùyào pí bì sǐ wúyí, rén bùyào liǎn tiānxiàwúdí)
• 死不要臉／死不要脸
• 臭不要臉／臭不要脸 (chòubùyāoliǎn)