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

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

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

Verb

變⫽臉 (verb-object) (intransitive)

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

Synonyms

(to suddenly turn hostile): 翻臉／翻脸 (fānliǎn), 翻 (fān); (Min Nan) 變面／变面 (pìⁿ-bīn), 起屁面

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