面不改色

Chinese

		face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	not; no	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad. (面不改色)		面	不	改	色

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miànbùgǎisè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁶ bat¹ goi² sik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miànbùgǎisè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miànbùgǎisè
    • Wade–Giles: mien⁴-pu⁴-kai³-sê⁴
    • Yale: myàn-bù-gǎi-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miannbugaeseh
    • Palladius: мяньбугайсэ (mjanʹbugajsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁶ bat¹ goi² sik¹
    • Yale: mihn bāt gói sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁶ bat⁷ goi² sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁶ bed¹ goi² xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²² pɐt̚⁵ kɔːi̯³⁵ sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

面不改色

1. one's facial expression remains unchanged; to remain calm; without batting an eyelid

Synonyms

• 面不改容 (miànbùgǎiróng)