變臉

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	face
trad. (變臉)		變	臉
simp. (变脸)		变	脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-lien³
    • Yale: byàn-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannlean
    • Palladius: бяньлянь (bjanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ lim⁵
    • Yale: bin líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ liːm¹³/

Noun

變臉

1. (theater) rapid changes of facial expressions to show fear or anger

Verb

變⫽臉 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to suddenly turn hostile
2. (colloquial) to change one's ideas

Synonyms

• 反面 (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 捋面 (Hokkien)
• 翻 (fān)
• 翻臉／翻脸 (fānliǎn)
• 變面／变面 (bi̿ng-mīng) (Northern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 起屁面 (Hokkien)
• 鬧翻／闹翻 (nàofān)