面子

Chinese

Etymology 1

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
simp. and trad. (面子)		面	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): miànzi

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ zi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mien-chṳ́
Min Nan (POJ): bīn-chú / bīn-chír / biān-chú / biān-chír

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: miànzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄗ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miann.tzy
  - IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁶ zi²
  - Yale: mihn jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /miːn²² t͡siː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mien-chṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: mien zii`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mian⁴ zi³
  - IPA: /mi̯en⁵⁵ t͡sɨ³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chú
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixnzuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bin²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bīn-chír
  - Tâi-lô: bīn-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-chú
  - Tâi-lô: biān-tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biexnzuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn³³⁻²¹ t͡su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn³³⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /biɛn²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biān-chír
  - Tâi-lô: biān-tsír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

面子

Synonyms

(outer part): 面兒／面儿 (miànr), 一層／一层 (yīcéng)
(reputation): 臉面／脸面 (liǎnmiàn), 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)
(feelings): 臉皮／脸皮 (liǎnpí), 人情 (rénqíng), 情面 (qíngmiàn)

Derived terms

Derived terms from 面子

丟面子／丢面子 (diū miànzi)
做面子
光面子
夠面子／够面子
平面子
愛面子／爱面子 (ài miànzi)
找面子
挽回面子 (wǎnhuí miànzi)
擦面子
爭面子／争面子 (zhēng miànzi)
留面子
給面子／给面子 (gěi miànzi)

老面子
要面子
講面子／讲面子
賞面子／赏面子
賣面子／卖面子
面子上
面子上的人
面子上的差使
面子上的話／面子上的话
面子情兒／面子情儿
面子話／面子话
顧面子／顾面子

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 面子 – see 麵子 (“fine powder”). (This term, 面子, is the simplified form of 麵子.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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