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):

• 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
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	面子
Mandarin	Malaysia	臉, 面子
	Singapore	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)