撲克臉

撲克臉

Chinese

		card game; playing card	face
trad. (撲克臉)		撲克	臉
simp. (扑克脸)		扑克	脸

Etymology

Calque of English poker face.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pūkèliǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pok³ hak¹ lim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pūkèliǎn → pūkeliǎn (toneless variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ → ㄆㄨ ˙ㄎㄜ ㄌㄧㄢˇ (toneless variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: puke̊liǎn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻu¹-kʻo⁵-lien³
    • Yale: pū-ke-lyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pu.kehlean
    • Palladius: пукэлянь (pukɛljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu⁵⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ ljɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /pʰu⁵⁵ kʰə² ljɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pok³ hak¹ lim⁵
    • Yale: pok hāk líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pok⁸ hak⁷ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pog³ heg¹ lim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːk̚³ hɐk̚⁵ liːm¹³/

Noun

撲克臉

1. poker face