變臉

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: biànliǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannlean
    • IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ lim⁵
    • Yale: bin líhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ lim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ lim⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ liːm¹³/

Noun

變臉

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

Verb

變臉

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

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 變面／变面