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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùyàoliǎn [Phonetic: búyàoliǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawlean
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jiu³ lim⁵
  - Yale: bāt yiu líhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jiu³ lim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yiu³ lim⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/

Verb

不要臉

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
(Min Nan) 袂見笑／袂见笑, 袂見笑死／袂见笑死

Derived terms

死不要臉／死不要脸

臭不要臉／臭不要脸 (chòubùyāoliǎn)

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