臉子

Chinese

		face	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (臉子)		臉	子
simp. (脸子)		脸	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎnzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎnzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: lien³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: lyǎn-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lean.tzy
    • Palladius: ляньцзы (ljanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/

Noun

臉子

1. (colloquial) unhappy look
2. (colloquial) face
3. (colloquial, figuratively) self-respect; one's face; reputation

Synonyms

• (face):

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• 喙面 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 嘴臉 / 嘴脸 (zuǐliǎn) (usually derogatory)
• 臉 / 脸
• 臉蛋 / 脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
• 臉蛋子 / 脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial, mainland China)
• 臉部 / 脸部 (liǎnbù)
• 臉面 / 脸面 (liǎnmiàn)
• 面 (miàn) (compounds or dialectical)
• 面孔 (miànkǒng) (formal or Wu)
• 面目 (miànmù)
• 面貌 (miànmào)
• 面部 (miànbù)
• 顏面 / 颜面 (yánmiàn)

 

• (self-respect):

Dialectal synonyms of 面目 (“dignity; reputation; face”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		面目, 面子, 體面, 顏面, 臉面, 臉子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	面子
	Malaysia	臉, 面子
	Singapore	面子
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	面子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	面
	Hong Kong	面, 面子
	Singapore (Guangfu)	面
Southern Min	Xiamen	面子, 面皮
	Quanzhou	面皮
	Zhangzhou	面皮
	Penang (Hokkien)	面, 面皮
	Singapore (Hokkien)	面, 面皮
	Manila (Hokkien)	面, 面子, 面皮
	Singapore (Teochew)	面皮
Wu	Shanghai	面子

Derived terms

• 冷臉子 / 冷脸子 (lěngliǎnzi)