臉面
Appearance
See also: 脸面
Chinese
[edit]face | face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top | ||
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trad. (臉面) | 臉 | 面 | |
simp. (脸面) | 脸 | 面 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liǎnmiàn
- Wade–Giles: lien3-mien4
- Yale: lyǎn-myàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leanmiann
- Palladius: ляньмянь (ljanʹmjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]臉面
- face
- (figuratively) self-respect; one's face; reputation
Synonyms
[edit]- (face):
- 喙面 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 嘴臉 / 嘴脸 (zuǐliǎn) (usually derogatory)
- 臉 / 脸
- 臉子 / 脸子 (liǎnzi) (colloquial)
- 臉蛋 / 脸蛋 (liǎndàn) (colloquial)
- 臉蛋子 / 脸蛋子 (liǎndànzi) (colloquial, mainland China)
- 臉部 / 脸部 (liǎnbù)
- 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):
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 |