翻臉

See also: 翻脸

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	face
trad. (翻臉)		翻	臉
simp. (翻脸)		翻	脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fānliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fānliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fanliǎn
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹-lien³
    • Yale: fān-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanlean
    • Palladius: фаньлянь (fanʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ lim⁵
    • Yale: fāan líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ liːm¹³/

Verb

翻⫽臉 (verb-object)

1. to suddenly turn hostile; to fall out with

Synonyms

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

 

Derived terms

• 翻臉不認人／翻脸不认人 (fānliǎn bù rèn rén)
• 翻臉無情／翻脸无情