mặt mũi

Vietnamese

Etymology

mặt (“face”) +‎ mũi (“nose”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mat̚˧˨ʔ muj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mak̚˨˩ʔ muj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mak̚˨˩˨ muj˨˩˦]

Noun

look; countenance; physiognomy
(colloquial) face (as a sociological concept)
không còn mặt mũi nào để gặp người khác ― (literally) do not have any face to meet other people

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