"要臉" meaning in Chinese

See 要臉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/ Chinese transliterations: yàoliǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jiu³ lim⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yàoliǎn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yàoliǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao⁴-lien³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yàu-lyǎn [Mandarin, Yale], yawlean [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яолянь [Mandarin, Palladius], jaoljanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yiu líhm [Cantonese, Yale], jiu³ lim⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu³ lim⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 要⫽臉 [canonical], 要脸
Head templates: {{zh-verb|type=vo}} 要⫽臉 (verb-object)
  1. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to care for or be concerned about saving one's face Tags: colloquial, verb-object Synonyms: 要面 [Cantonese] Derived forms: 不要臉 (bùyàoliǎn), 不要脸 (bùyàoliǎn)
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      "form": "要⫽臉",
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    },
    {
      "form": "要脸",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
          "word": "不要臉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
          "word": "不要脸"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人要一張臉,樹要一張皮。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人要一张脸,树要一张皮。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你怎麼能幹出這種事情來?你不要臉我還要臉呢!",
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        },
        {
          "english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你怎么能干出这种事情来?你不要脸我还要脸呢!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Practically, I suggest you understand the strategies and what football is first. Xiao Gao (nickname of Gao Hongbo) was playing quite well, why did you transfer him away (from the national team)? Tell me why? Finally you suffered a 1:5 loss in Hefei (against Thailand). Tell me how to explain this? You don't even care about your faces!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2013, Fan Zhiyi's interview about loss of Chinese National Football Team to Thailand in Hefei",
          "roman": "Wùshí yīdiǎn, wǒ quàn nǐmen bǎ zìjǐ zhànshù dǎfǎ, zúqiú de zhège lǐniàn xiān gǎo dǒng, xiǎogāo dài dé mán hǎo de, nǐ bǎ tā qù huàn le gànshénme? Nǐ gàosù wǒ! Nǐ zài Héféi shū ge yī bǐ wǔ, nǐ dǎo gàosù wǒ zěnme jiěshì, liǎn dōu bù yào le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "務實一點,我勸你們把自己戰術打法,足球的這個理念先搞懂,小高帶得蠻好的,你把他去換了幹什麼?你告訴我!你在合肥輸個一比五,你倒告訴我怎麼解釋,臉都不要了!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Practically, I suggest you understand the strategies and what football is first. Xiao Gao (nickname of Gao Hongbo) was playing quite well, why did you transfer him away (from the national team)? Tell me why? Finally you suffered a 1:5 loss in Hefei (against Thailand). Tell me how to explain this? You don't even care about your faces!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2013, Fan Zhiyi's interview about loss of Chinese National Football Team to Thailand in Hefei",
          "roman": "Wùshí yīdiǎn, wǒ quàn nǐmen bǎ zìjǐ zhànshù dǎfǎ, zúqiú de zhège lǐniàn xiān gǎo dǒng, xiǎogāo dài dé mán hǎo de, nǐ bǎ tā qù huàn le gànshénme? Nǐ gàosù wǒ! Nǐ zài Héféi shū ge yī bǐ wǔ, nǐ dǎo gàosù wǒ zěnme jiěshì, liǎn dōu bù yào le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "务实一点,我劝你们把自己战术打法,足球的这个理念先搞懂,小高带得蛮好的,你把他去换了干什么?你告诉我!你在合肥输个一比五,你倒告诉我怎么解释,脸都不要了!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
      ],
      "id": "en-要臉-zh-verb-aop1mNrf",
      "links": [
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "concerned",
          "concerned"
        ],
        [
          "saving one's face",
          "save face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "要面"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-lien³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-lyǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawlean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яолянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoljanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu líhm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ lim⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要臉"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
      "word": "不要臉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùyàoliǎn",
      "word": "不要脸"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "要⫽臉",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "要脸",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
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        "Chinese terms spelled with 要",
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          "english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人要一張臉,樹要一張皮。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "A human needs a face; a tree needs a bark. (idiomatic)",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rén yào yī zhāng liǎn, shù yào yī zhāng pí.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人要一张脸,树要一张皮。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你怎麼能幹出這種事情來?你不要臉我還要臉呢!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How could you have done such a thing? You don't want your face, yet I want my face!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Nǐ zěnme néng gàn chū zhè zhǒng shìqing lái? Nǐ bùyàoliǎn wǒ hái yàoliǎn ne!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你怎么能干出这种事情来?你不要脸我还要脸呢!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Practically, I suggest you understand the strategies and what football is first. Xiao Gao (nickname of Gao Hongbo) was playing quite well, why did you transfer him away (from the national team)? Tell me why? Finally you suffered a 1:5 loss in Hefei (against Thailand). Tell me how to explain this? You don't even care about your faces!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2013, Fan Zhiyi's interview about loss of Chinese National Football Team to Thailand in Hefei",
          "roman": "Wùshí yīdiǎn, wǒ quàn nǐmen bǎ zìjǐ zhànshù dǎfǎ, zúqiú de zhège lǐniàn xiān gǎo dǒng, xiǎogāo dài dé mán hǎo de, nǐ bǎ tā qù huàn le gànshénme? Nǐ gàosù wǒ! Nǐ zài Héféi shū ge yī bǐ wǔ, nǐ dǎo gàosù wǒ zěnme jiěshì, liǎn dōu bù yào le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "務實一點,我勸你們把自己戰術打法,足球的這個理念先搞懂,小高帶得蠻好的,你把他去換了幹什麼?你告訴我!你在合肥輸個一比五,你倒告訴我怎麼解釋,臉都不要了!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Practically, I suggest you understand the strategies and what football is first. Xiao Gao (nickname of Gao Hongbo) was playing quite well, why did you transfer him away (from the national team)? Tell me why? Finally you suffered a 1:5 loss in Hefei (against Thailand). Tell me how to explain this? You don't even care about your faces!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 2013, Fan Zhiyi's interview about loss of Chinese National Football Team to Thailand in Hefei",
          "roman": "Wùshí yīdiǎn, wǒ quàn nǐmen bǎ zìjǐ zhànshù dǎfǎ, zúqiú de zhège lǐniàn xiān gǎo dǒng, xiǎogāo dài dé mán hǎo de, nǐ bǎ tā qù huàn le gànshénme? Nǐ gàosù wǒ! Nǐ zài Héféi shū ge yī bǐ wǔ, nǐ dǎo gàosù wǒ zěnme jiěshì, liǎn dōu bù yào le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "务实一点,我劝你们把自己战术打法,足球的这个理念先搞懂,小高带得蛮好的,你把他去换了干什么?你告诉我!你在合肥输个一比五,你倒告诉我怎么解释,脸都不要了!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
      ],
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        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "concerned",
          "concerned"
        ],
        [
          "saving one's face",
          "save face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to care for or be concerned about saving one's face"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "verb-object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàoliǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao⁴-lien³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yàu-lyǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yawlean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яолянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoljanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu líhm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu³ lim⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu³ lim⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "要面"
    }
  ],
  "word": "要臉"
}

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