撐門面

Chinese

		support; prop-up; to pole a boat support; prop-up; to pole a boat; to open; to overfill	facade of a shop; shop front; appearance facade of a shop; shop front; appearance; facade
trad. (撐門面)		撐	門面
simp. (撑门面)		撑	门面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng ménmiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang³ mun⁴ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng ménmiàn → chēng ménmian (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ ㄇㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ → ㄔㄥ ㄇㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄧㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng ménmiån
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹ mên²-mien⁵
    • Yale: chēng mén-myan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng men.miann
    • Palladius: чэн мэньмянь (čɛn mɛnʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵ mi̯ɛn³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caang³ mun⁴ min⁶
    • Yale: chaang mùhn mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang³ mun⁴ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang³ mun⁴ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ³³ muːn²¹ miːn²²/

Verb

撐門面

1. (colloquial) to keep up appearances

Synonyms

• 撐場面／撑场面 (chēng chǎngmiàn)
• (Hokkien) 繃面皮／绷面皮, 贊面體皮／赞面体皮