厚臉皮

See also: 厚脸皮

Chinese

		generous; thick (for flat things)	skin of the face; feelings; sensibilities
trad. (厚臉皮)		厚	臉皮
simp. (厚脸皮)		厚	脸皮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòu liǎnpí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁵ lim⁵ pei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòu liǎnpí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòu liǎnpí
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴ lien³-pʻi²
    • Yale: hòu lyǎn-pí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: how leanpyi
    • Palladius: хоу ляньпи (xou ljanʹpi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuliǎnpír
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄧˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuliǎnpír
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-lien³-pʻi²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hòu-lyǎn-pír
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howleanpyel
    • Palladius: хоуляньпир (xouljanʹpir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰiə̯ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁵ lim⁵ pei⁴
    • Yale: háuh líhm pèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁵ lim⁵ pei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁵ lim⁵ péi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯¹³ liːm¹³ pʰei̯²¹/

Verb

厚臉皮

1. to be shameless; to be cheeky; to be impudent

   厚著臉皮說／厚着脸皮说  ―  hòu zhe liǎnpí shuō  ―  to have the nerve to say

2. to summon up one's courage

Synonyms

• (to be shameless): (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew) 厚面皮; (Hokkien) 出面