不要臉

不要臉

See also: 不要脸

Chinese

		not; no	to care for or be concerned about saving one's face
trad. (不要臉)		不	要臉
simp. (不要脸)		不	要脸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùyàoliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jiu³ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bùyàoliǎn [Phonetic: búyàoliǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyawlean
    • IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jiu³ lim⁵
    • Yale: bāt yiu líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jiu³ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yiu³ lim⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jiːu̯³³ liːm¹³/

Verb

不要臉

1. to be shameless

   我不想和這種不要臉的女人講話。 [MSC, trad.]
   我不想和这种不要脸的女人讲话。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bù xiǎng hé zhè zhǒng bùyàoliǎn de nǚrén jiǎnghuà. [Pinyin]

   I don't wish to speak to such a shameless woman.

   你真是不要臉！ / 你真是不要脸！  ―  Nǐ zhēn shì bùyàoliǎn!  ―  You really have no shame!

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 唔要面
• (Min Nan) 袂見笑／袂见笑, 袂見笑死／袂见笑死

Derived terms

死不要臉／死不要脸

臭不要臉／臭不要脸 (chòubùyāoliǎn)